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The new year is well underway, but before the calendar turns to February, it's worth looking back at some of the most viewed posts on Science Speaks in 2022 ...

[contributor guidelines](/science-speaks-blog/2022/guidelines-for-science-speaks-contributors/#/%20/0/publishedDate_na_dt/desc/), including how you can submit your post ideas. [Tanzania’s efforts to distribute millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses](/science-speaks-blog/2022/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-lessons-from-tanzania/#/%20/0/publishedDate_na_dt/desc/), in a post from Florian Tinuga, MD, MPH, Matiko Machagge, MSc, BPharm, and Ruben Conner, MPH. Most recently, his posts have highlighted implications of the concerning increase in [COVID-19 cases in China](/science-speaks-blog/2022/chinas-covid-crisis-and-mass-travel-jan.-7-feb.-16-anticipate-a-new-variant-of-concern/#/%20/0/publishedDate_na_dt/desc/).

The exhibition showcases a number of intriguing artifacts, including Galileo's personal copy of Nicholas Copernicus' book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly ...

According to Travis, the harmony of science and religion over the past several decades has resulted in a “wonderful cumulative case for a creator from fields such as biochemistry, cosmology, particle physics, the geosciences, neuroscience. She debunks the “widespread idea, especially in popular culture, that when it comes to the relationship between science and the Christian faith, what we’re dealing with is a zero-sum contest.” In her view, “that idea is rooted in a bankrupt philosophy known as scientism.” In fact, argues Travis, The next section of the exhibition is “How did life begin?,” which delves into thorny questions about the origin of the first life and its subsequent development. The exhibition notes several of these embarrassing fails, including a 1967 book that predicted starvation for the entire planet within a decade, a University of California professor who predicted in the 1970s that pollution could lead to a new ice age by the year 2000, and a University of Arizona biologist who predicted in 2016 that humans would go extinct in less than a decade because of climate change. Whereas the Bible teaches that God will create a new heaven and earth, many scientific materialists in modern history have attempted to hijack science to create their own utopias by human power. Despite disagreements about how life developed, the exhibition shows that both the Bible and science have given people plenty of reasons to look at living things with awe and wonder. and influenced the emergence of modern science in a variety of ways.” Again, there has developed a striking convergence between the Bible’s view that nature reflects the rational workings of God and modern scientific discoveries showing the exquisite fine-tuning of nature for life. The exhibition goes on to note that the big bang clearly raises questions with metaphysical implications: “If the universe has a beginning, what could cause all space, time, and energy to come into existence? In the “How did it all begin?” section, the exhibition tells the story of how science came to replace the ancient pagan belief that the universe is eternal with the idea that it had a beginning. As the exhibition points out, the Bible’s account of the creation of the world led its most ancient commentators “to believe creation was no accident. “While there is this persistent myth that there is this ongoing conflict between faith and science, we highlight the ways that the Bible has left an impact on some of history’s greatest thinkers — scientists [and] natural philosophers,” explained the exhibition’s curator, Dr.

Funds enhance the Mercury Project, a $25 million consortium to identify cost-effective and scalable solutions that build vaccination demand around the world ...

Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies to fund this landmark collaborative and expand the critical work of The Mercury Project.” We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal and sustainable. “Funding high-quality social and behavioral science is a force multiplier; it helps us find solutions to complex problems that can be deployed broadly by governments, NGOs, and the private sector,” says Anna Harvey, President of the Social Science Research Council. “We are excited and grateful that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with The Rockefeller Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Alfred P. It is the unique product of collaborative philanthropic investment and scientific innovation. The funding comes at a critical time when 25 million children missed out on essential vaccines in 2021 – the largest sustained decline in 30 years, according to WHO and UNICEF.