SCIENCE

Underperforming in pharma research
SCIENCE

Greece has missed out on investments of the order of 500 million euros in the field of pharmaceutical research in recent years, which could have translated into an increase of the gross domestic product by €1.1 billion.



Three days in space were enough to change four astronauts’ bodies and minds
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Space changes you, even during short trips off the planet. Four people who spent three days off Earth in September 2021 experienced physical and mental changes that included modest declines in cognitive tests, stressed immune systems and genetic changes within their cells, scientists report in a package of papers published Tuesday in the journal Nature and several other related journals.


Scientists find the largest known genome inside a small plant
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Last year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists into a forest on Grande Terre, an island east of Australia. They were in search of a fern called Tmesipteris oblanceolata. Standing just a few inches tall, it was not easy to find on the forest floor.



Countless life forms in the universe
WALTER LEWIN

“Teachers who make physics boring are criminals.” With this quote, the famous physicist and former MIT professor Walter Lewin summarizes the meaning of his lectures.