NLS Column Science

Academic freedom is a necessary, if not sufficient, condition for open research and teaching, not only in the humanities and social sciences but also in the natural and life sciences.

I have always admired those who can play chess well and really wish I learned to play when I was younger. Lucky for me I have a son who, at the moment, really enjoys the game and goes to a chess club every week.

At first glance, science and art seem worlds apart. The quality of a scientific study is determined by evidence, facts, reproducibility, and accuracy, while the quality of a piece of art is determined by its viewer, not withstanding its originality and the artist’s talent to paint or sculpt. Art is subjective and is often based on emotions and opinions. 

Imagine this … A new pandemic hits the US. There’s a lack of knowledge about the virus that causes the illness, about the disease’s epidemiology, clinical symptoms, and treatment, and about the effective preventative measures that could be introduced in a modern, liberal society. In five small adjoining US states, the authorities decide to invest […]

Lundbeck recently joined the world’s largest federated health data network EHDEN. Despite our best efforts to provide optimal healthcare to patients, there is still room for improvement across many disease areas. Randomized clinical trials (RCT) are conducted to document efficacy and safety of a new treatment before it can be approved by the regulatory authorities. […]

The human brain, consisting of approximately 86 billion neurons connected by around 100 trillion synapses (Herculano-Houzel, 2009), is in many aspects still a mystery.