(Disponível em português) Often referred to in the media as silent killers, ‘superbacteria’ are one of the major public health threats of the 21st century. But what are they? And, more importantly, what can […]
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Science communication has gone global
There is a set of institutional structures, professional practices and cultural activities that together represent science communication, and these are developing in remarkably similar ways around the globe. This is a process without […]
Without Science the World Stops
Saturday, 15th of February 2014, ten minutes before 15 o’clock. A bunch of people romp about at Praça Luis de Camões, Lisboa. There is a group of people playing rhythmic music, music that […]
Telling fact from fiction: a rationalist’s job
We are bombarded with misleading or even downright false ‘facts’ all the time. These can range from a sensationalist headline, the claims of quacks and charlatans, or even to more serious absurdities proposed […]
I am writing from a distant Future
Dear reader: I am writing from a distant Future. A time where words like school, teacher and education have acquired new meanings. Schools are not limited to walls, neighborhoods or cities anymore. Teachers […]
A makeshift classroom: education’s in the air!
Right now, I’m in a room full of people, most of whom I’ve never spoken to. But there’s one thing I know we have in common: we have spent the majority of our […]
Are you up to an enhancement?
Current exponential technological advances have sparked extensive debates regarding human enhancements, and where the limit lies between what is and not human, what is and not ethical. But what exactly is human enhancement? […]