Episode 6: A Blueprint for the Future

Looking Glass by James Hopkirk

Jan 4, 202154:27Science & Medicine

What can we – and science – learn from listening to thinkers and practitioners from wider society? As we tackle the global challenges affecting our lives and those of future generations, how can scientific organisations...

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