What are Elizabeth H. Blackburn’s views of the role of science in society?

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In an essay that Elizabeth H. Blackburn wrote in 2018 for the Encyclopædia Britannica Anniversary Edition: 250 Years of Excellence, she argued that science should be the central pillar in efforts to solve global challenges: “Let’s initiate a unified and universal reliance on science to better protect our world and the people living in it.”