Nature may at first seem governed by competition, where only the strongest survive and thrive. However, it also abounds with cooperation, sharing, mutual help, and giving. While focusing on showcasing examples of the fundamentally relational character of Nature, we will also reflect on the link between these two, apparently opposed, aspects of reality.  We, the authors of this blog, form an international research group of the Focolare Movement and work in a variety of fields, including astronomy, geology, palaeontology, physics, chemistry, ecology, biology, engineering. We believe that it is more important than ever for various fields of knowledge to dialogue for the good of all humanity.

Contributors

Alessio Valente Geology	Antonino Puglisi Chemistry	Bernadette Bourjade Oenology	Catherine Belzung Neuroscience
Claire Renard	Daniele Spadaro	Francesca Ceroni Cell engineering	Francesco Geremia
Gabriel Ferrero Astronomy, Physics	Ján Morovič Color science; editor	Jozef Klembara Paleontology	Luca Fiorani Physics
Lucian Pasieka Engineering	Mariflor Decarlini	Micaela Gliozzi Pharmacology	Miguel Panão Engineering
Ornella Valenti Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology	Peter Morovič Color science	Stefania Papa Ecology	Susana Rebelo
Teresa Behl	Valquíria Gonçalves de Oliveira Clinical psychology	Wiesław Macek	Zsuzsa Román Public health