Interview with Pete Ianetta, molecular ecologist at the James Hutton Institute. Happiness is home grown : the importance of legumes in the western world, a scientist’s opinion   Legumes are healthy foods in their own right, which also help to improve soil quality. Nevertheless, grain legumes account...

Despite their nutritional value, legumes are deeply underrated. Bálint Balázs, senior researcher at ESSR, a research facility based in Hungary, explains the importance of growing and eating legumes. Beans, for example, are associated with poverty, but at the end of the day, they could save the planet.

Libra project, a scientist’s opinion   Interview with Dr Iwa Salami, senior lecturer in financial law and regulation at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London.     How could the introduction of Libra (without regulatory interventions) impact the financial system (maybe...

Libra project, a scientist’s opinion   Interview with Maurizio Mensi, Professor of Law & Economics at the National School of Administration (SNA), professor of Information & Communications Law at the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome and co-head of @LawLab, a research centre on Cyber & Telecommunications-Media-Technology...

Interview with Fabiana Zollo, Assistant Professor at Ca' Foscari University and Research Fellow in the Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change.   We are now working to determine the state-of-the-art of science communication on social media. We are following and analysing data from more than...

Interview with Sarah Rachael Davies, from the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.   Journalism generally is undergoing significant structural changes, as legacy media find it harder to survive. Traditional science reporting is under...

Diarmaid Mac Mathuna is a Communication Expert on Digital campaigns and content strategy, and Director at Indiepics. He participated in the ESMH event Virality and influencers in digital communication on 3 April in the European Parliament.

Interview with Anja Bechmann, Professor of Media Studies and Director at DATALAB - Center for Digital Social Research.     Regarding SOMA, your research will look at psychological principles relating to disinformation. Can you elaborate on that?   Anja Bechmann: The ‘fake news’ discussion revolves around...