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Addressing the elephant in the room: scientists speaking up against militarism

By Flavio Del Santo, Carlo Rovelli, and Francesca Vidotto. This year, we celebrate the centenary of quantum theory, and UNESCO has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. To honor this important scientific milestone, an extraordinary number of public events, conferences, and academic gatherings have been organized

In the name of humanity, the barbarism in Gaza must stop

In the name of humanity, the barbarism in Gaza must stop

A statement issued by Richard Falk (USA), Chandra Muzaffar (Malaysia), and Joseph Camilleri (Australia), the three conveners of the SHAPE project, on 22 May 2025. The statement Over the last eighteen months the world has witnessed undiluted militarised cruelty targeting the entire population and the supportive natural habitat of Gaza

Webinar: Science for Peace – 70 Years after the Einstein-Russell Manifesto

Webinar: Science for Peace – 70 Years after the Einstein-Russell Manifesto

The Center for Peace Research at the University of Bari is concluding its academic course on peace and disarmament with the webinar: “Science for Peace – 70 Years after the Einstein-Russell Manifesto.” The roundtable will take place on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 at 15:00 CEST, and will feature leading voices

Webinar on Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Webinar on Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Peter Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose story will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

by Giorgio Ferrari and Emanuela Bavazzano Editorial note: As scientists, we are deeply concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons, particularly in the context of West Asia ('the Middle East'). Since 1974, the UN General Assembly has passed 44 resolutions urging the establishment of a denuclearized zone in

Dr Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the President-elect of Mexico, sitting in a car. [Image: Luis Antonio Rojas]

Claudia Sheinbaum: activist, scientist, politician, and the first woman president of Mexico

by Pablo Meyer Rojas On the 2nd June 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected president of Mexico. Her election represents three firsts for the Mexican presidency: the first woman, the first person of Jewish descent, and the first scientist to hold the office. She won a large majority in both

University students at the University of Michigan, on April 28, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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News of protests and movements against genocide, militarism, and the destructive use of science and technology all over the globe. New York: Professor Josh Dubnau, IUS member, arrested at raid of Stony Brook University's pro-Palestine encampment Stony Brook Professor: "I’ve done civil disobedience before, but I’