Science and innovation policy makers have long had a keen interest in obtaining quantitative data and qualitative information they can use to support decisions they make, such as whether and how much ...

Human beings remain mysterious. Our social relationships and the societies we form are still difficult to analyze. All the more so as this mass of people, basically one and the same, changes and ...

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

Given the animal origins of past pandemics, as well as the many recent cases of disease in people linked to animals — such as anthrax, Middle East respiratory syndrome and avian influenza virus — it ...