On Thursday, November 13, Vox co-hosted the 2025 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Program grant awardees for a dinner celebrating their achievements in research and fostering connections among women in science across disciplines. Research Astronaut Kellie Gerardi emceed the evening, which opened with L’Oréal Groupe’s chief sustainability officer, Marissa Pagnani McGowan, giving remarks on […]

When we launched Vox’s Future Perfect section in 2018, it began with a simple question: “What topics would we write about if our only instruction was to write about the most important stuff in the world, particularly the most important stuff that isn’t already widely covered?” In the years since, the “most important stuff” has […]

In a year marked by devastating cuts to aid and horrible humanitarian crises, global health and development progress is at risk of backsliding. But then, there are those who refuse to cave in. Tackling global health from new perspectives, these leaders have channeled their expertise to create lasting impact. Their work spans high-stakes arenas, from […]

The phone rang just before midnight.  It was early February in 2001 in Mumbai, and Yusuf Hamied, a seasoned chemist at the Indian multinational pharma company Cipla, was at a dinner party. He picked up the phone anyway. A New York Times reporter was on the line, calling to check a rumor: Was Hamied really […]

The roots of the world’s most stubborn global health problems don’t yield to vibes-based solutions. They surrender to data, rigor, and the surprisingly radical idea of actually trying to figure out what works.  Governments and nonprofit organizations depend on the economists, activists, policymakers, and writers who are reshaping how we understand poverty, health, and progress. They’re […]