Dylan Matthews

1 week ago | vox.com | Dylan Matthews

In January 2024, I wrote a big piece on a relatively new, and very promising, approach to fighting respiratory diseases like Covid, tuberculosis, and flus. It’s called “far-UVC,” a type of ultraviolet light, at wavelengths of roughly 200 to 235 nanometers, that can kill the vast majority of airborne pathogens it targets, without damaging human skin or eyes the way longer-wavelength UV does. The potential here is massive.

1 week ago | vox.com | Dylan Matthews

Being able to predict the future seems nice. I would’ve liked to know that my S&P 500 index funds would peak in mid-February and then fall off a cliff in April. It would’ve been helpful for my reporting in the lead-up to the inauguration to know just how far the Trump administration would go to attack foreign aid. And while I’m at it, I’d like some sense of where mortgage rates are going, so I can better judge when to buy a house.

4 weeks ago | vox.com | Dylan Matthews

Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible. Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and has worked at Vox since 2014. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti-poverty efforts, economic policy and theory, and conflicts about the right way to do philanthropy.

4 weeks ago | matr.net | Dylan Matthews

Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible. What’s happening is a transition from manufacturing to services that occurs in all countries as they get richer.

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Dylan Matthews

4 hours agoThe number of Australians who trust Trump has fallen to 36%, the lowest since Lowy Institute's annual poll began two decades ago. President Donald Trump is looming large in the final weeks of Australia’s general election campaign, spelling trouble for conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton just …