Expo 2020 Dubai digital Space Week
Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal; Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK, said: "Science is the most international profession, the one truly global culture. Protons and proteins are the same everywhere in the world so science can straddle every nationality and faith more easily than most professions can, so we find it easier to collaborate. It’s clear that more and more of the issues that the world cares about – anything to do with the environment or the climate – require collaboration."