Science is a powerful tool, if we choose it, and use it.
This World Health Day, WHO has a simple message:
Together for Health. #StandWithScience.
#WHD2026
The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Skłodowska Curie developed the term radioactivity, discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium and contributed to develop new cancer treatments. For her scientific dedication and remarkable breakthroughs, she was awarded the 1903 physics prize and the 1911 chemistry prize.
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
🎗️October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the EU. The #EUCancerPlan aims to ensure that 90% of the those who are eligible are offered breast, cervical & colorectal cancer screening. 🔗https://t.co/3wKdyOHNEh #HealthUnion
Jane Goodall has died at 91.
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://t.co/axM4A5nkhh
Tra i vincitori del prestigioso premio della European Mathematical Society ci sono due giovani donne italiane, Maria Colombo, in forze al Politecnico di Losanna, e Cristiana De Filippis, dell’Universita di Parma.
https://t.co/qBQdrZgjJ8
Alberto Grandi, UNIPR: Tomato sauce on pizza is an American creation!
So, basically #pizzarossa was founded when Italian immigrants took advantage of tomatoes growing in America.
Veteran pizzaiolos might protest, but sounds reasonable for me... 🍕
This is the hottest we have ever observed.
The Mediterranean is now completely outside all previous records. We have never measured this level of heat across the basin at any time of year.
It is only July. We usually see the annual maximum in August.