Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

News and Topical Issue. The coronavirus crisis, like the AIDS crisis before it, has provided an opportunity for the resurgence of cases of tuberculosis – a disease that many people had believed was largely a thing of the past. Jonathan speaks with Katarína Mikušová from the Department of Biochemistry at Comenius University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences – also a finalist in the 2021 ESET Science Award – about her contributions to research focused on much needed improvements in the treatment of this very difficult disease. – Slovakia’s long tradition of high-level science and maths competitions for teenagers has helped prepare many students for a career in the sciences. Jonathan speaks with Ronald Doboš, a second-year maths student at Cambridge University in the UK, about the importance of these competitions in shaping his own scientific thinking.