During our tour of the Reichstag building today, the tour guide asked a group of 19 fourth graders what law they would try to pass if they were members of the Bundestag. One child said they would make sure döner didn’t cost more than €2.99. The 18 other kids (loudly) cheered.

Ein Mann fragt einen AfD-Politiker: „Sagen Sie uns mal die Vorschläge, die Ihre Partei in der Kommunalpolitik in den letzten 5 Jahren eingebracht hat, um die Hochschulstadt Gera voranzubringen.“ „Es reicht, wenn sie einen benennen!“ AfD Politiker: 😶

New funding opportunity from Wellcome on heat and mental health 😓 Details 👇

One of the questions posed by the Draghi report on EU competitiveness is why the EU's formidable science base does not translate into business success and economic growth. It is a good question. Stark data in Chartbook newsletter. tinyurl.com/mpt33c8b

New data released today in The Lancet shows that without urgent action, antimicrobial resistance could kill 39 million people by 2050. Deaths and inequities from the global antibiotic emergency are increasing and now is the time to take urgent action. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

An important conversation with some great people around the table. No easy answers but what is clear is that we need to keep putting the work in for societies to stay resilient and less susceptible to misinformation.

How can the world do better to use existing evidence to accelerate progress towards the SDGs? The Wellcome Trust's vision is a healthier future for everyone. We believe science is at the heart of achieving this, but science alone is not enough.

Read more below about the new initiative announced at the UN Summit of The Future by Wellcome CEO John-Arne Røttingen wellcome.org/news/evidence-… #SoTF #SDGs #UNGA #SummitOfTheFuture

.@WellcomeTrust and UK Research and Innovation just announced US$74M of new investments in evidence to help achieve the #SDGs. These funds will be used to bring together all the existing evidence on what works wellcome.org/news/evidence-… #SoTF

NEWS: The Pact for the Future has been adopted by member countries by consensus at UN Headquarters in New York. The adoption will help pave the way for greater international cooperation for #OurCommonFuture.

Falls ihr euch fragt, warum Söder seit Februar/März nochmal stärker auf Habeck und die Grünen haut: Damals hat ihn Habeck auf der Bühne zusammen gefaltet und in die Tasche gesteckt.

We’re funding teams to develop scalable digital interventions to advance early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis. 💰 Level: £3-7 million 🗓 Deadline: 5 December Elena Netsi from our Mental Health team tells us more 📹

Ich habe mich sehr über das zum Teil überwältigende Feedback zu unserer Sendung mit Ricarda Lang gefreut. 🙏🙏🙏 Danke auch an alle, die dieses Projekt möglich gemacht haben. Hier geht es zur #Konfrontation in der Mediathek 👇 ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDov…

Today is Tag der Deutschen Einheit in Germany, the national holiday in honour of German reunification. It's also the day we celebrate David Hasselhoff single-handedly bringing down the Berlin Wall by singing "Looking for Freedom" atop a cherry picker.

Our latest funding opportunity Wellcome investigating how heat impacts #anxiety, #depression and/or #psychosis Calling #mentalhealth and #climate experts to work together! Deadline 21st Jan

Excited for next week!

Happy Tag der deutschen Einheit Lukas Heinrich