Covid-19 has changed science and our relationship with it forever Covid-19 has changed science and our relationship with it forever 2021 With millions of lives at stake, scientists have accelerated research and its dissemination to tackle Covid-19. When we emerge from the pandemic, science, and our relationship with it, may never be the same again This article originally featured in the April print edition of Geographical. Subscribe today for the best features and stories, delivered to your doorstep each month. 'Unprecedented' appropriately described 2020. The public thought so – the term was awarded the People’s Choice 2020 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com. Its impact became diluted as 2020 ploughed on with yet more unfathomable shocks. The year in science, however, was certainly without precedent.