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Body of evidence

Ramesh Ferris wants you to look at his legs

A powerful reminder of why polio eradication matters.

Ramesh Ferris, a polio survivor, walking on a sidewalk with crutches and leg braces.

Reasons for hope

We’re entering a golden age of Alzheimer’s research

Our understanding of the disease is improving rapidly, and I expect to see many breakthroughs in the months and years ahead.

Squares illustrating to make a shape of the human brain.

A new way to look at the problem

Three tough truths about climate

What I want everyone at COP30 to know.

An illustration of Planet Earth spinning.

Come as you are

Wiggling is welcome in this kindergarten classroom

Kim Broomer’s classroom is one of the most unique and supportive learning environments I have ever heard of.

Kim Broomer, the 2025 Washington State Teacher of the Year, stands in front of Ruby Bridges Elementary.

Everyday miracles

A perilous time for the world’s poorest children

My latest speech about why we need to keep funding vaccines.

Berenice Ibo receives the HPV vaccine at a health clinic near the school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The source code for Source Code

5 memoirs that helped shape my own

What I learned from other authors who wrote about their lives.

Bill Gates holds a book open and smiles in front of images of book covers on an illustrated background.

Field notes

The world needs more Nick Kristofs

I loved this journalist’s story of chasing hard problems and holding onto hope.

The book cover for Chasing Hope by Nicholas Kristof on an illustrated background.

Source Code

The brilliant teachers who shaped me

In my new book, I give credit where it’s due.

Elementary school classroom from the 1950s with a teacher standing in front of students sitting at desks reading from open textbooks.

Rise to the challenge

5 of the coolest innovations I saw in Senegal

I got to meet with amazing scientists working on the next big breakthrough while I was in Dakar.

Bill Gates visiting the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal

Hats (and caps) off

5 things I wish I heard at the graduation I never had

The advice I shared with the class of 2023 is advice I could have used myself.

Bill Gates onstage at the Northern Arizona University commencement
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