Although our gut is not as big as the Amazon Forest, and the organisms that it harbours are mere microbes and tiny parasites, not tigers and anacondas, it still contains many thousands of different microbial species, most of them still unknown to us. Read more [...]
Internet, audiovisual media and digital technology are transforming our world. Their potential, however, will not be fully realised until they become fully accessible, enabling all citizens to participate in everyday life. Read more [...]
This special issue collects articles that present some projects on media accessibility and contextualise them within the broader context of the social changes we are facing. Read more [...]
The strength of the European project lies in the aim of creating a community by embracing the diversity of its members. Unity in diversity means promoting the value of the vast human variety expressed by all its citizens. Read more [...]
The newly established Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations will work towards developing a strong international framework on setting global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing. Read more [...]
In a scientific world where there are too many candidates for the scarce positions and funds, recruitment became extremely demanding. With the needed ambition to publish more impactful stories, scientists often choose not to publish smaller projects. But is that really important? And, if so, can we foresee some solutions? These are some the questions we discuss in the present article. Read more [...]
To publish a number of articles at a very early stage cannot be a direct way to measure one’s ability and interest to do research later in time. Read more [...]
Petersburg scientists are sounding the alarm over the pollution of the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga with plastic bottles and household chemicals. In accordance with the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea region, cooperation between Russia and the EU Read more [...]
Recently, it was unmistakably once more Valentine's Day , the celebration of love. In commemoration, this discussion will explore notions of love and its meanings from varying studies. In writing about “love”, is a call of hope, whereby we may find Read more [...]
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility was placed into standby mode on December 2018 to make way for a revolutionary new synchrotron, the Extremely Brilliant Source. Read more [...]
Children are capable of complex thinking skills prior to being able to speak, but different types of play are critical to develop skills related to STEM fields. Read more [...]
European science conversations by the community, for the community
