Astronaut Sara García Alonso says that when she looks at the sky, she sees “questions that demand answers to create new questions.” “It was so vast that I felt small, but at the same time protected and saved,” Eyre said in Barcelona during his intervention that day. Catalonia looks at the skyorganized by the Barcelona government to promote a scientific strategy regarding the total solar eclipse that will be visible in Spain next summer.
García Alonso, 36, a molecular biologist at the National Cancer Research Center, changed her life three years ago when she was selected by the European Space Agency to be part of a preliminary group of a new astronaut team – joined in name by another Leonean, Pablo Álvarez. Since then, the researchers have continued their scientific research in search of treatments for lung and pancreatic cancer while undergoing a period of training in the European Agency’s astronaut training program.
Additionally, it saves time on distribution. Through his social network (he has 260,000 followers on Instagram), he participates wherever he is needed, including conferences and talks. In an interview with EL PAÍS just before the start of his scientific journey, García Alonso insisted on the urgency of promoting science, of leaving the laboratory and going into the streets to tell what happened.
Due to the lack of information and how it permeates society with pseudoscientific theories, science suggests the practice of empathy. I would dance instead of boxing with people who hold these opinions. And use opportunities like the media focus on Spain’s new astronaut and the 2026 solar eclipse to reinvigorate your scientific message. “If we have the opportunity to inculcate this principle in new generations and people interested in science, it will be accepted and a valid recognition. There was no decision to say that there will be a total solar eclipse in 2026, but in line with everything that is evolving in the space field. “If you take these little things into account, it’s a good opportunity to revive a little bit of that fascination with space that was felt most in the ’70s throughout the Apollo program and use that to spread awareness and get people interested in science,” he says.
question. Should science be removed from the laboratory?
answer. no doubt. This is something our own scientists may have made a mistake on. I can understand that society views it as very lame if we can’t communicate what we do and why we do it. We need to make this effort in translation to use non-technical language and to help people understand that everything we have today is based on research and development and the application of innovation.
P. Are scientists ready to hit the field?
A. Yes, please. This is because research work is a very professional job that requires long hours. Our scientists, at the time that we’re doing this translation, are living a little bit isolated in this chaos of the lab, and we’re being very meticulous, so we’re a little afraid that we’re going to lose some of our rigor by translating it into a different kind of language.
P. Do you have little time for science?
A. We live in a social situation where we don’t know what is true and what is false due to social media and an overabundance of information, so I think we must continue to work hard to build this kind of career. They live with real data as well as falsehoods and misinformation, and I think people are quite confused about what is certain and what is uncertain. Too often, we choose simple explanations that we can understand or explanations that raise questions on an emotional level over the complex explanations that science offers us, which leads to our rejection of science.
It seemed like a campaign had begun for everyone around the world to support science, especially in times like the pandemic. Now I’m going to get rejected again and I feel like opinions and facts are sometimes too confusing. We cannot let this be what this country is. An information society where real news is conveyed is a freer society, but it is now causing chaos.
P. Regarding disinformation, the Catalan Opinion Center recently conducted a survey on disinformation and its potential. 25% of people believe Sars-cov-2 was created in a laboratory as a biological weapon, and 1 in 5 think vaccines are more harmful than secret drug companies. 42% of the population believes that authorities exaggerate the dangers of some diseases for economic gain. Has the battle for truth been lost?
A. Please don’t expect too much even if this kind of data is released (rie). As a scientist, I find it very frustrating that the idea that science has been discredited for so long is still on the table. I think I finished some chapters, but I found myself needing to unpack these books again and re-justify more than just proofs. It frustrates me, but I’ve reflected on this a lot, and criticizing people who think and express opinions this way doesn’t help. Because what you are trying to achieve is to have a stronger opinion of yourself.
Perhaps we need to listen and find out where this belief comes from and why we cling so tightly to these kinds of opinions and above all try to argue rather than out of conflict. Instead of starting a boxing match, let’s dance, let’s understand each other, let’s flow with each other. And let me see how I can expose you to other forms of reality that you are not aware of, or how you can understand that we do not have absolute knowledge, there are many reasons and many variables that escape us, and therefore we have to be very careful and very cautious when it comes to realizing absolute truth. I always support the scientific method. Because it is method-based, there are some rules of the game, it is falsifiable, and not all opinions and possibilities can be determined.
P. To do so, you need more time than someone who “believes”. How can you keep yourself able to hear it at a moment when your attention is so fragmented?
A. You must exercise empathy and try to understand your interlocutors and the language they use. Adapt to this and try to create a common framework of game rules so you can discuss on the same terms. We need to reach an initial agreement on how we can discuss, or at least create a sense of doubt. But it’s a tough battle and actually requires patience, and the whole world rejoices. It’s a difficult dance.
P. Now it’s showing up influencer Without scientific training to generate scientific ideas. For example, futbolistas and actresses who promote bros like airplanes smoke us. How do you listen to these speeches?
A. It seems very irresponsible to me that people who have a voice, who have influence, who can be the mirror in which many people look at themselves, have to go through this exercise of expressing their opinions without basing them on data. It’s okay to question things and I don’t mean to criticize, but there are certain limits you should set. Reality as we know it is based on years of research and contributions to knowledge. Thousands of years of knowledge cannot be removed by land.
All the inversions that occur in the universe are precisely to solve the problems we have on Tierra.”
P. Will the Trump administration’s blows and reversals at NASA pass legislation to advance space exploration?
A. If the assumptions of science were to be discarded, many scientific projects aimed at precisely advancing these fields would be affected. We are in a moment of great uncertainty. Since space exploration is based on interagency cooperation, it will naturally have an impact on robotic missions and human flights as well. We need to see where Europe has the autonomy, the resilience, the ability to move forward and continue to push forward with scientific projects.
P. Some of you may look at what’s falling below here and wonder what to make of what’s going on above. what would he say?
A. In fact, all the investments we make in space are aimed at solving the very problems we have right here in La Tierra. For example, all the satellites related to Earth observation are on the ground to help with security issues, monitor the health of the planet, and fight the climate crisis, including air, sea and land transportation, prevention of natural disasters…this is the basic thing. Applying this to biomedical research, Luego says, it has the power to perform research in microgravity conditions that cannot be replicated at Tierra, which opens up a wide range of possibilities. For example, the astronauts on the six-month mission have 10 times more bone degeneration than the worst-case scenario that occurs on Tierra (a single menopausal woman or elderly person). Therefore, researching this osteoporosis may lead to the development of new drugs.
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