Science is critical for democracy, says Paul Nurse, co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Ó ní sáyẹ́ǹsì ń nípa lórí àwùjọ ní àyípadà àti pé èyí túmọ̀ sí a ní láti dá àwọn ètò ìjọba tiwa-n-tiwa àti àwọn ọ̀nà iṣẹ́ tí ó lè gbà gbé àwọn ohun tó díjú nínú sáyẹ́ǹsì, kí ó sì gbé wọn sílé. Feringa said crucial elements of democracy are freedom and asking questions and being critical. And this is exactly what science does.