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Falling Walls Engage 2018
Get out of the Bubble
How can more people who are rarely exposed to science be reached in times of increasing disinformation?
In brief
About the Project
The efforts of science communication of the last 20 years, such as polished magazines and science slams have reached only a small part of society. People who are rarely or not at all in touch with science have largely been left out. Also we can observe a loss of trust in science among society. Hosted by Falling Walls in cooperation with the Robert Bosch Stiftung Falling Walls Engage seeks to spread scientific literacy, with a special focus on “hard-to-reach” target groups in order to increase their ability to participate in society. The program fosters an international call for all forms of science engagement. The call is geared to projects with particular focus on impact and cost-effective and novel approaches to building opportunities for dialogue and participation. The best submissions will be invited to share their science engagement projects in a fast-paced pitch competition in front of a peer audience and a distinguished jury. The best idea will be elected as “Falling Walls Science Engagement of the Year”. All invited projects will be showcased in videos to promote the ideas and inspire others.
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Throwback: Inspired by the 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing, the Falling Walls Circle 2019 launched its own exploration into the theme “From Breakthroughs to Moonshots”. In a unique and interdisciplinary setting, 50 high-profile participants embarked on a special expedition to identify and address major trends in moonshot ideas and future-paving scientific endeavours. See the whole recap and hear last year’s Circle Chair Anousheh Ansari, CEO of the US-based XPRIZE Foundation, speak about what inspired her the most here: #FallingWalls19 #FallingWallsCircle The Falling Walls Circle is the exclusive platform connecting decision-makers and visionaries to tackle global challenges in science and society. The invitat...
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Recommended Reading: The first living machines by assembling cells from African clawed frogs into tiny robots that move around under their own steam have been created in the US. “These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth,” said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Check the link via The Guardian below for more insights on the recent scientific findings: Researchers foresee myriad benefits for humanity, but also acknowledge ethical issues