This page contains selected news coverage about our work and that of our grantees.
In the News
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June 21, 2018
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Nature: Migrants and refugees are good for economies
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June 2018
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Immigration Policy
September 05, 2018
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STAT: For the first time, researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa
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September 2018
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Scientific Research
September 26, 2018
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Vox: A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it
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September 2018
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Scientific Research
October 04, 2018
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Devex: A new US development finance agency takes flight
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October 2018
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Global Health & Development
October 15, 2018
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Vox: Future Perfect, explained
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October 2018
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
October 29, 2018
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Discover Magazine: Meet the Biochemist Engineering Proteins From Scratch
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October 2018
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Scientific Research
November 08, 2018
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The Economist: The promise and peril of gene drives
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November 2018
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Scientific Research
December 01, 2018
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The New York Times: Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.
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December 2018
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Global Health & Development
December 14, 2018
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Vox: How to do good better
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December 2018
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
January 07, 2019
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NPR: Why This Charity Isn’t Afraid To Say It Failed
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January 2019
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Global Health & Development
January 17, 2019
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STAT: ‘Taste of the future’: New microscopy technique captures stunning images of a fly’s brain
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January 2019
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Scientific Research
January 19, 2019
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The Economist: How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat
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January 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
January 29, 2019
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Vox: Want to help animals? Focus on corporate decisions, not people’s plates.
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January 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
February 19, 2019
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Nature: Faster, better, cheaper: the rise of CRISPR in disease detection
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February 2019
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Scientific Research
February 26, 2019
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Vox: GiveWell expands cost-effective giving focus to include policy interventions
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February 2019
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Global Health & Development
February 28, 2019
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The Washington Post: Georgetown launches think tank on security and emerging technology
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February 2019
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
March 21, 2019
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Forbes: With Launch Of New CRISPR Company, Competition Extends To Diagnostics
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March 2019
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Scientific Research
April 01, 2019
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The New York Times: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
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April 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 15, 2019
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The Sacramento Bee: The answer to opioid crisis? UC Davis researcher will soon test his non-addictive pain drug
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April 2019
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Scientific Research
June 07, 2019
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Vox: This charity just canceled one of its poverty programs. That’s a good thing.
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June 2019
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Global Health & Development
June 12, 2019
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The New York Times: Trump Isn’t Alone. These Millennials on the Left Want Low Interest Rates, Too
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June 2019
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Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
August 19, 2019
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The Guardian: Campaigners demand end to fish tethering ‘torture’ in Taiwan
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August 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
September 05, 2019
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Nature: First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
September 25, 2019
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Engineers Without Borders USA: Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigeration for Developing Countries
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
October 02, 2019