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International support has rightly focused on researchers who have been forced to flee. Ukraine’s devastated research infrastructure needs assistance, too.
Researchers and policymakers are only now waking up to the effects of dirty indoor air. As ever, low-income and marginalized communities are most exposed.
A study suggesting papers and patents that change the course of science are becoming less dominant is prompting soul-searching — and lively debate about why, and what to do about it.
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As researchers dive into the brave new world of advanced AI chatbots, publishers need to acknowledge their legitimate uses and lay down clear guidelines to avoid abuse.
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Rigorously designed studies can dispel suspicions that offering cash for vaccines erodes trust, and help health-care providers to design effective immunization campaigns.
Science is being used as leverage in international politics. That must not become a barrier to countries working together on climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemic prevention and other pressing goals.
Huge discrepancies in estimates of excess mortality reveal not just how difficult the calculations are, but how far the world has to go in recording how people die.
Reducing our waste’s impact on the planet requires new technology and materials — and, more importantly, a complete rethink of how we incentivize the production and use of resources.
Ahead of the COP15 biodiversity meeting, few disagree that we must do more to protect nature — but money, underwritten by top-level support, is needed to make it happen.