World View

Scientific institutions must create roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of climate change.

California governor Gavin Newsom’s delegation is building on existing research and policy initiatives with China, showing that effective climate action can happen below the national level.

A new initiative challenges the severe neglect of women’s brain health from puberty through to pregnancy and menopause.

Guidelines for research can level the playing field for scientists in low-resource settings — but diverse voices are needed to ensure that people worldwide can actually follow them.

Continued efforts to maintain the ban on chemical weapons depend on nations sharing information to further build trust and global safety.

Social-media researchers overemphasized the platform now called X for years. But now, as it rapidly changes into something new and frightening, we risk paying too little attention.

Upholding human rights can ensure that environmental policy is driven by facts and evidence, not denialism, greed and profit.

Ongoing conflict has displaced students and destroyed institutions that were once among Africa’s best. Small projects show how a brighter future can be built

Networks of émigré researchers can be potent forces for good when they are member-driven, involve youth and connect with each other.

Extreme-right presidential front runner Javier Milei plans to disband ministries and privatize research. That would be disastrous for Argentina’s science and for the nation.

Repeated outbreaks increase the risk of a Nipah strain emerging that is better at spreading.

Incoherent new climate-policy messages by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will dissolve the UK’s climate leadership, stifle innovation’s momentum and cost consumers.

Designing courses on the basis of what really matters to people is a win–win for students and society.

Safe delivery of samples from an asteroid on 24 September will be the start of a global scientific journey — but similar missions need support.

As Africa emerges from the COVID pandemic, combating infectious diseases must be a priority — along with treating non-communicable and mental health conditions.

Events in Hawaii show how much we have to learn about wildfire spread — but simple research steps can help to build resilience.

The current global mishmash of rules on whether innovations made using artificial intelligence are patentable impedes AI-rich fields such as drug discovery.

Training from institutions on publishing norms could help to thwart predatory publishers.

To protect millions from unnecessary power outages, utility companies need one thing above all: data.

Funding to help nations eliminate lead paint and other sources of exposure would avert millions of deaths and one trillion dollars a year in income loss.