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Pandemic, war and environmental disaster push scientists to deliver quick answers – here's what it takes to do good science under pressure

  • Written by Fiona Greenland, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
Pandemic, war and environmental disaster push scientists to deliver quick answers – here's what it takes to do good science under pressureA crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic lends urgency to scientific research, putting researchers under pressure to produce.janiecbros/E+ via Getty Images

How can you know that science done quickly during a crisis is good science?

This question has taken on new relevance with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Researchers developed vaccines in under a year &...

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