2021

Covid-19: New insights into the causes, actions and consequences of the pandemic, and implications for science and health policy

The Background The Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in October 2020 on “Science and Survival – A focus on SARS-CoV-2” had concluded that COVID-19 has changed ... Read all

Symbols, Myths and Religious Sense in Humans Since the First

Concept Note This symposium aims to discuss the “neuronal” particularity of the human race (the genus Homo) which allowed it to reach a higher level of consciousness than the rest ... Read all

The Role of Science in the Development of International Standards of Organ Donation and Transplantation

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) is convening a Workshop promoting The Role of Science in the Development of International Standards of Organ Donation and Transplantation ... Read all

Dreaming of a Better Restart

“And I alone, what can I be?” (St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 58)   The current crisis and state of global confusion is nothing more than the exhaustion of the ... Read all

Science and Innovations for a Sustainable Food System

Background The aim of the UN Food Systems Summit1 is to help Member States and stakeholders maximize the co-benefits of a food systems approach across the entire 2030 SDG Agenda ... Read all

Book Launch: Robotics, AI, and Humanity. Science, Ethics, and Policy

Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the epochal change we are experiencing. Robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good. Indeed, if ... Read all