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Epilogue: ‘Did You Know?’ (that you are likely to be awarded the Nobel Prize)
This is probably the most frequently asked question for Laureates and a frequent answer is: ‘No, it was a great surprise’
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Correction to: Curious Future Insight
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Providing the Means of Action
Drawing on the work of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), this contribution examines how science and research funding jointly provide means for political action in order to ...
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Save Children's Lives: Climate-Responsible Banking Survival Guide
According to evidence provided by UNICEF (The impacts of climate change put almost every child at risk, 2021), the impacts of the climate emergency put almost every child at risk. Children and youth around the...
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The Keeling Curve Prize: How a Climate Action Prize Gets It Done
When implementing solutions to an incredibly complex problem, one does not immediately think of offering prizes, but when it comes to highlighting solutions to climate action, prizes appear to be effective. Th...
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From a 350th Anniversary to a Global Movement: United by Science for a Better Tomorrow
When Merck celebrated its 350th anniversary as the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company back in 2018, the establishment of the Curious—Future Insight Conference was a major milestone. Along with ...
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Bringing Photosynthesis 2.0 to Life
Can we redesign the central operating system of the global carbon cycle? Natural photosynthesis provides the blueprint for the sustainable capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) at planetary scale. Yet...
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Chemistry: From Matter to Life
Chemistry developed tremendously in the last century and reached a stage in which almost every molecule can be synthesized. Besides continuing in the same path in which new materials are made, many chemists fe...
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Space: The Final Frontier
Space Mission Control operates within a fundamentally risk-averse environment where any failure is simply not an option. This is where our journey began, with a primary focus on fostering change, enhancing exi...
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Contribution from Digital Minister Professor Dr. Kristina Sinemus for Curious 2022
It has certainly been a long time since a new technology has changed our lives, our society, as dramatically as digitalisation has. It has brought not just profound change to all areas of life, but also extrem...
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The World in 2050 and Beyond
The world has entered an era when the imprint of one species—humans—can threaten not only ourselves but the rest of the biosphere. Our collective activities can drastically affect climate, biodiversity and nat...
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Fridays for Future Breaking Social Systems with Non-violent Civil Disobedience
Everyone needs to gain a deeper understanding of how serious our planetary multilevel collapses are. Not only climate and ecological collapse but also societal behaviour which accelerates collapse. Examples ar...
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From Waste to Food: Toward the Creation of a Sustainable Food Generator
Food insecurity is a pressing global concern; concurrently, plastic pollution has emerged as a growing crisis on a worldwide scale. To address both of these issues, we propose a sustainable chemical and biolog...
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Transforming the Future: A Look at the Latest Breakthrough Technologies
Each year, a handful of innovations, breakthroughs, and discoveries push the boundaries of what is possible using technology. The most important are those that help to solve problems and overcome challenges th...
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From Talk to Action: How Biopharma and Medtech Can Drive Sustainability
“There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all,” the latest IPCC report concludes. To keep global warming below an increase of 1.5 °C compared to pre-indus...
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Still Curious: When Science Meets the Public
Humans are born curious, and that curiosity fuels our growth and development. For scientists and engineers that curiosity remains a way of life. Thus, curiosity is the bridge that can support interactions betw...
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Cellular Responses to DNA Damage: Translating Mechanistic Insights Towards New Therapies
All organisms possess DNA repair and associated DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms to detect, signal and repair diverse forms of DNA damage. In addition to their fundamental importance for myriad aspects of ...
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Adding Years to Life and Life to Years
This is a decisive moment in the history of human health.
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Challenging the Scientific Ethic in the Age of Biotechnology
This paper analyzes the extent to which there is an a priori or a situational scientific ethic in play during scientific investigations and studies the extent to which such an ethic would mandate an explanatio...
