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…

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?

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…

19. Why you should worry about what we feed animals and thoughts on ocean as a source of solutions to climate change

Antibiotics. If you live in a country with average income of $8 per day or more (what many would refer to as a “developed” country)…

17. Rats playing hide and seek and why masks may be the most important countermeasure after all.

Many of us know that animals other than humans exhibit a vast variety of behaviors we have considered “human” for centuries. Some maths? Some primates got it. Some…

14. Race influencing investor’s decisions and ethics & governance of digital outbreak tracking.

Racism and subconscious racial bias have many faces, and are often underestimated by people who are not directly affected by them. For example, I often hear voices…