What happens when you throw money at a problem? Find out how “Operation Warp Speed” fast-tracked the rapid development of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Grace Harold’s new piece.
Read MoreIntellectual Property in the Time of COVID-19: The Story of the World’s First mRNA-Based Vaccines
What exactly does it mean when someone says they have a patent and how does that impact innovation? Our new piece by Jordan Kesner delves into patent rights and how they influenced the development of the well-known COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, member of the Coronavirus Task Force and quintessential expert, gives a press conference. "Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID Director" by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Trust Me, I Know an Expert
The world contains more information than any one person can comprehend. Who do we turn to when we need guidance on something we ourselves do not understand? Nick Bulthuis discusses the challenges in distinguishing “experts” from other authority figures, particularly in the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The history of science is full of examples of discovery, both intentional and accidental. But how do scientists study subject matter incapable of being explained by simple models? And additionally, if science can produce favorable results (say, in the clinic), to what extent does it matter whether or not the results can be fully explained? Here, Siddhant Iyer outlines the ways in which scientists may study as-of-yet unexplained phenomena and argues for a framework involving the use of complex models while also acknowledging limitations.