Aside theoretical lectures they received, Russian schoolchildren who attended the ‘Asyltash’ Geological School, performed practical tasks in radiometry, structural geology and petrography. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is worried over ‘troubling’ demographic trends in Croatia, as human population in the European nation decreased from 4,284,889 to 3,888,529, between 2011 and 2021.
On 14 March 2022 the ‘International Day of Mathematics’ will be commemorated. Here is how AIMS South Africa and the Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA) celebrated last year’s edition with a video game: Quest of the Lost Fields Medal.
France produces 92% carbon-free electricity. However, this production is insufficient as soon as winter temperatures are low says Institut de France, which also questioned the place of wind turbines in French electricity mix.
Having formulated the second ‘National Plan for Open Science,’ the French Academy of Sciences reaffirms its support for national and international initiatives that promote ethically-acceptable open science.
Wim van Saarloos, former President, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics, has emerged as President of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC).
10 researchers, whose achievements in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, ‘archaeology’ of the Earth’s galaxy, and Greek conceptualization of human nature are landmark, will be inducted as Young Academy members.
The first ‘Gender Equality Plan’ produced by the Slovak Academy of Sciences will enable the Academy to reflect on the state of women’s representation in its workplaces, while institutionalizing gender equality principles.
A staunch gender-equality advocate, Martin Chungong, was re-elected as Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the 143rd IPU Assembly in Spain. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
Published by IPU, ‘Guidelines for parliamentarians on budgeting for the SDGs’, will enable parliamentarians to clearly understand issues relating to budgeting, monitoring and policy choices for SDGs.
