What is ESG?

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance and is a set of standards put forth by the WEF to challenge corporations to rate themselves on their social responsibility, and to offer investors a way to choose their investments by evaluating corporations using these standards. The standards encompass:
– The “E” captures energy efficiencies…

What is “Gain of Function’ research?

What is “Gain of Function’ research?

‘Gain of Function’ (GOF) research uses benign-sounding terminology to confuse people who are unfamiliar with the subject. It used to be called ‘biodefense,’ ‘biological warfare’ and ‘germ warfare’ research in past decades. The term refers to making existing microorganisms (viruses, fungi and bacteria) more dangerous, by giving them one or more new…

What is computer modeling?

What is computer modeling?

Physics can predict the behavior of simple systems very accurately. For a ball tossed in the air, you can solve an equation that reliably tells the trajectory.
But most things that happen in the world have many causes and many effects, and the causes and effects interact. In order to make predictions, computer programmers write…

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