I am often asked to explain the need for funding fundamental scientific research, which is driven not by commercial or practical considerations but by sheer scientific curiosity. Especial...
On the 2 March 2022, Oksana Drehval and many of her colleagues from Oles Honchar Dnipro National University sent out a defiant call for help to scientists around the world. Like thousands...
What if we could be ready for a crisis before it strikes — and even prevent it?
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a global health crisis; it is also a catalyst for reimagining the way we want to live going forward. From economic systems to sustainable development, de...
• China covers the COVID-19 medical costs for all patients including domestic migrants.
The current moment for our species feels a lot like fiction. Not without cause, fiction writers have made the most out of imagining near-future worlds that seem unthinkable or unbearable.
Never let a good crisis go to waste. This saying has been doing the rounds somewhat in 2020.
What do the code of life, computer science, and peanut butter all have in common? They are all scientific discoveries that enhance our lives today that were made by marginalized scientists.
Last month, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) reported dire statistics about the impacts of COV...
Seven months after the first reported cases of COVID-19, the pandemic has disrupted every aspect of life, leaving many shuttered and disordered, having to find new ways to communicate, wo...
As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine continues, the Billion Molecules Against COVID-19 Global GrandChallenge - organised by the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI) - kicked off on 4...
La crisis de COVID-19 ha puesto de relieve el papel vital de la ciencia en la sociedad. La ciencia nos proporcionará una "estrategia de salida" de la pandemia cuando finalmente se desarro...
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted science’s vital role in society. Science will provide us with an “exit strategy” from the pandemic when a vaccine is finally developed but until then, ...
As the virus continues to ravage the globe, we all stand in awe of how – in a flash – the life we knew, and with it, our habits and behaviours, has turned upside down.
• 'Science diplomacy', meaning international cooperation with science at its core, is the key to overcoming COVID-19.
