CLAM GEMS | Sharing Tales From Around the World

Phillips’ Hong Kong Fall Sales Present Exceptional Works Across 20th Century & Contemporary Art

<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/image003-1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Evening Sale on 6 October to be Led by Yoshitomo Nara, Nicolas Party, Liu Ye, Zao Wou-Ki and Cai Guo-Qiang Day Sale on 7 October to Feature Strong Examples by In-Demand and Emerging Artists Multipl...</div></div></div>

Why Questlove and I believe plant-based meat is the future

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/068268cf-f33e-4bac-a4de-c21811610e4b/unconfuse-me_2023_questlove_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the third episode of my podcast, I sat down with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson to talk about the future of food, our Wordle scores, and more.</div></div></div>

The Voice of Institutions in the Wave of Openings: The Theater of Waiting at the Cloud Collection

<div>This new series “The Voice of Institutions in the Wave of Openings” co-created by LARRY'S LIST and CUPPAR aims to jointly present diverse topics in the Chinese contemporary art world from the perspect...</div>

This scientist uses 80-year-old insects to help fight malaria

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2336c1ee-cec1-4b5f-b0b4-1130066f2c4b/20230804-HITF-MaraLawniczak-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>I wrote a Heroes in the Field post about Dr. Mara Lawniczak, an evolutionary geneticist in the UK who is fighting malaria by studying the genes of mosquitoes.</div></div></div>

We Passed the Stage of Enjoying “Domestically”

<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/221210_AAA8568_HR-copy1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Collectors Matthias Arndt and Tiffany Wood aim to collect works that create disturbance and allow for a reassessment of lines of questioning and understanding. With the Arndt Foundation (formerly Berl...</div></div></div>

Languages are weird. John McWhorter helped me understand why

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/908ed82a-741f-4264-b256-eff1190d6231/unconfuse-me_2023_mcwhorter_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the fourth episode of my podcast, I asked linguist, professor, and author John McWhorter to help me better understand the quirks of language.</div></div></div>

Makoy Samuel Yibi won’t stop until the world eradicates its next disease

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/aae09f0c-94a6-4d20-9e36-849f77d666ac/20240124-HITF-Yibi-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Guinea worm once infected 3.5 million people every year. Thanks to heroes like Makoy, that number dropped to 13 last year.</div></div></div>

Can AI help close the education gap? Sal Khan thinks so

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/7187fd4f-f2ec-447e-a702-7578f96e6634/unconfuse-me_2023_social-share_sal-khan_1200x630_02.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the second episode of my new podcast, I sat down with the founder of Khan Academy to talk about how artificial intelligence will transform education.</div></div></div>

An essential guide to the building blocks of life

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/e2aca10a-fb4c-47d8-8987-118451c1b023/20231023-TheSongOfTheCell-TGN_Assets-001-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“The Song of the Cell” proves that Siddhartha Mukherjee is one of the best science writers working today. I wish I had read this book in school.</div></div></div>

A surprising (and surprisingly optimistic) book on climate change

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/083aca96-6b0d-4960-ba25-751ab29ded11/20231114-HolidayList-NotTheEndOfTheWorld-TGN_Assets-001-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes a rave review of Hannah Ritchie’s new book, Not the End of the World, which he calls the perfect antidote to climate doomsday-ism.</div></div></div>

Could perfume be our secret weapon in the war on mosquitoes?

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ed8351c5-32c7-4665-b020-63efb00ebfd1/mw_2023_firmenich_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Mosquitoes use their sense of smell to find new victims. A Swiss fragrance company called dsm-firmenich is hoping to thwart them.</div></div></div>

Don’t let grim headlines obscure the progress on climate change

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ef869530-a638-480b-a005-b2e28afb0dbe/State%20of%20the%20Transition_2023_social-share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Although emissions are continuing to go up, there are more reasons to be optimistic than many people realize. Here are some innovations that will help.</div></div></div>

The Unapologetic Uncensored Sense of Identity

<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/joseph-42.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Living and working between Accra, London, and Plettenberg Bay in South Africa, Joseph Awuah-Darko, also known as Okuntakinte, is a British-born Ghanaian contemporary artist, curator, social entreprene...</div></div></div>

A fireside chat on climate and global development

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/94f0b4a6-2cee-42f3-99e1-d94341709fe4/20231016-ChatamHouse-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his conversation with researcher and data scientist Hannah Ritchie on global health and development, climate change, and optimism.</div></div></div>

Clare Mukankusi will make you geek out on beans

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2f0dff3b-35fc-4f13-9ead-43c320c16ed4/hitf-mukankusi_2023_homepage-hero_564x408_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Beans are a staple crop in Uganda. This remarkable plant breeder is working to make them more nutritious and easier to grow.</div></div></div>

A fireside chat on education, technology, and almost everything in between

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ad1f554e-c63b-48b5-a9f3-9ddada0a01eb/asu-gsv_2023_module_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates explains why math education is so important, the state of edtech today, and how AI can improve outcomes in equitable ways.</div></div></div>

My holiday Spotify playlist

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/12eac844-3de9-4425-a046-6d039e486bcf/20231023-Spotify-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his soundtrack to the holiday season of music from around the world including Bing Crosby, Madonna, Nat King Cole, Gloria Estefan, and more.</div></div></div>

Korean Collectors to Expect at the Buzzy Events in Seoul This Week

<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/festure_LL.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Seoul is the city with the highest number of private contemporary art museums worldwide, while South Korea ranks third among countries, according to the second edition of PRIVATE ART MUSEUM REPORT pub...</div></div></div>

What does popcorn have to do with math?

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/c1d76743-6f48-40fc-80dd-a5b4e66dfcf3/math-update_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about the day he spent in an 8th grade math class in Chula Vista, where popcorn is used to teach students math with real-world applications.</div></div></div>

The risks of AI are real but manageable

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/97d9c065-e120-457a-9e32-b4ccef2927ab/20230629-AI_Concerns-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates explains the risks associated with AI and argues that they are manageable. Innovations often create new risks that need to be controlled.</div></div></div>