In this era dedicated to human progress, the advancement of the natural sciences is regarded as the main exemplification of, and fuel for, such progress.
While we have seen and helped fuel unprecedented progress for girls and women across the globe over the last decade - more girls in school, fewer women dying in pregnancy and childbirth, more women taking their rightful place in Parliaments and in the economy at large - we now face new and uncertain times, politically, socially, and economically.
Encouragement is a great motivator and having someone hold you accountable for progress can be the fuel that you need to achieve newer and loftier goals.
Ultimately, for Malak Jan, service to others in the midst of tending to one's daily affairs provided the fuel for self-knowledge and ethical progress.
The process of innovation however, continues to fuel progress for humanity.
Those profits will not only produce a return on our investment, but will fuel economic progress in our state for years to come.
It is also making small but significant progress as a fuel for lorries and buses.Not just America but parts of Europe, China, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and several African countries sit atop as yet unknown quantities of gasBut the biggest advances have been in power generation.
The power of 3D printing for making affordable lab equipment, and citizen science for increasing feet on the ground, will help to fuel the progress of DIY labs.
And the IMF is likely to be tough, insisting on income-tax reform, an end to VAT exemptions, no price-freeze for diesel fuel, and real progress towards electricity and telecoms privatisation and a modernised oil industry.
