
The scariest part of The Last of Us was never the zombie fungus… it was the real-life question underneath it. What happens when the natural world changes faster than we can adapt?

Scientell was named during a children’s bedtime routine, and it is exactly the kind of origin story you would expect from a company built on curiosity and collaboration. The co-founder Simon Torok has spent 30 years in science communication building Scientell through decades of friendship, shared values and a career that reflects his genuine love of making science matter to people.

We’ve been told that science is the gold standard of objectivity: neutral and unbiased. But what if that’s not entirely true? It’s a question that is already being asked in the field neighbouring science communication: journalism. The arguments on both sides have a lot to teach science communicators.