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For a fact-based worldview
Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Gapminder Foundation
Is the world as bad as you think? The co-author of the bestselling book “Factfulness” dismantles the mega-misconceptions shaping our worldview and shows what the world really looks like.
Rebooting our world maps
Stephan Mergenthaler
World Economic Forum
Do you understand the links between migration, climate change, and social media? New maps allow us to see links between global issues and developments more easily – plus find relevant research.
Citizen Science goes green
Anne Bowser
The Wilson Center
Discover Earth Challenge 2020, a global environmental effort to engage millions of people to collect and share 1 billion data points on air and water quality, biodiversity, pollution, and health.
No more lab rats
Thomas Hartung
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Can animal testing be eliminated? Thomas Hartung examines the future of toxicity testing, including the use of big data and human in vitro models.