Why is Tubercolosis a hard problem to solve (both from a biotech and public health perspective). Very similar parallels to the HIV story, significantly less advancement.
Alfred Loomis and the tour de force that Tuxedo Park became in the WWII years for utilitarian technology
Tangentially: interested in biographical lives of European scientists after the moved to America in the wake of WWII [how did this shape contemporary scientific culture?]
Re-purposing A History of Thought in Mathematical Aesthetics for an audience outside of academia
A tangential angle on Building Beautiful Cities inspired by designers like Colin Rowe and Nikos Salingaros on using mathematics to guide architectural choices