There is no refuge in the lab, science needs to reach out

The Policy Nerd by UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab

Jun 12, 202436:04Government & Organizations

Sudip Parikh , CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher of the Science journals, talks to us about major trends in science and how they affect us all. He begins by saying tha...

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