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On a brilliant white ice floe floating in the Arctic Ocean, a group of people in bulky coats adjust to the biting cold, having been dropped off by helicopter. “All of a sudden, I turn around and there’s a polar bear and it starts running at us,” says Jody Reimer, recounting a moment of panic. “Luckily, the helicopter swooped back in to scare the bear off, but I had the adrenaline shakes for the rest of the day,” she adds, laughing.
07.12.2021
Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist for the World Health Organization, discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on increasing levels of violence against women and girls.
06.12.2021
The fertile soils of Kashmir, India, have changed drastically since Dr Rakesh was a young girl. With climate-dependent agriculture becoming increasingly difficult, one Australian university is working with institutions and “ag-entrepreneurs” like Malika in the fight to feed a growing population.
06.12.2021
The International Science Council is proud to support this International Year celebrating basic sciences.
03.12.2021
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, leader of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, describes in this podcast with the Lancet, the discovery of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, explains what we know about it so far, and discusses how South Africa feels about the global response.
03.12.2021
Dealing with complex systemic risks means getting used to uncertainty - and innovative approaches to explaining and acting on that uncertainty can have a useful role to play in informing decision-making.
03.12.2021
For centuries, pastoralist communities have herded animals across arid plains in Ethiopia and Kenya, guided by the sacred wells that quenched their ancestors’ thirst in times of drought. The wells are enduring markers in a land of mobile clans and erratic weather, where heat waves may become more extreme and water availability less predictable due to the effects of climate change.
03.12.2021
An urgent call to action to the scientific community
02.12.2021
The ocean's ecosystem endures regular trauma from sea craft, such as pollution from oil and noise. But a more sustainable future of sea transport could be possible, with the help of 3D printers.
02.12.2021
Global conflict displaces millions of people, among which are some of the brightest academic minds. If they are unable to continue their work, we risk losing their knowledge forever.
01.12.2021
