Penicillin. The printing press. Indigenous land management. Science and technology have been responsible for keeping us warm, safe, social and fed since the beginning of time, and arguably, this ability to constantly develop new tools and shape our environment is what makes us human. But too often, it’s big corporations who can afford to research and develop new technologies. So what happens to the solutions that could benefit the world’s most disadvantaged people? Who is pressing for scientific solutions to humanitarian and environmental challenges?