28. Why the pandemic is only really over when it’s over for everyone and how the mass incarceration system continues as slavery’s grandchild.

It’s the second Christmas since COVID-19 pandemic erupted, swallowing the world in…

18. Why literally everybody loses in a nuclear conflict and does being natural matter?

Nuclear conflict sounds like an apocalyptic scenario for most of us. A vision of explosion mushrooms visible above any habitat is just terrifying, even without understanding the…

0. I enjoy reading scientific papers. I do think it’s a nerdy thing to say, but still — I genuinely do.

I found that I actually learn and relax in the same way, which was not that surprising for me. What I didn’t expect was that other people may be…

27. Why there are good reasons to believe COVID came from other animals and one of the unexpected learnings from the pandemic.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19 disease, the main villain of the pandemic that took lives of millions around…

22. Who should decide what level of human genome editing society is comfortable with and does it matter if neighboring countries manage the pandemic differently?

25. Poverty and mental diseases’ vicious circle and how police officers’ race affects interactions with civilians.

It is perhaps expected that low socioeconomic status can lead to poor mental health. When one has to worry not only about their goals…

6. Understanding unconscious racial bias — two important and interesting studies led by Jennifer Eberhardt and a feature from Science introducing her work.

20. Who should get COVID vaccines first and why late is much better than never to act on climate change.

I think it’s fair to say we are all looking forward to getting a COVID vaccine, if we are lucky to discover one. I know there are some people who don’t…

23. How systemic racism affects nature and will we drown in plastic waste soon?

Systemic racism — a set of policies, deeply ingrained in and defining how the system works, that deepen racial inequity. People suffer effects of such systems every day, around the globe, and…