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    Chronic pain can be treated — so why are millions still suffering?

    Science is beginning to uncover the multiple processes driving persistent pain. But connecting people with treatments that will help them remains a challenge.

    news feature | 28 Mar 2023
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    Bacterial ‘syringes’ could inject drugs directly into human cells

    Repurposing a microbial system to deliver molecules directly into cells, and the disconnect between research into, and treatment of, chronic pain.

    nature podcast | 29 Mar 2023
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    The world faces a water crisis — 4 powerful charts show how

    Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first UN conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?

    news explainer | 21 Mar 2023
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    Strife at eLife: inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing

    Editors threaten to resign over ‘no-reject’ model that others see as the future of research journals.

    news feature | 17 Mar 2023

• • Audio long read: What Turkey’s earthquake tells us about the science of seismic forecasting

    NATURE PODCAST | 31 MAR 2023

  • What the science says about California's record–setting snow

    NEWS EXPLAINER | 31 MAR 2023

  • Ancient DNA illuminates Swahili culture’s origins

    NEWS | 31 MAR 2023

  • Alien sand dunes and a record-breaking cyclone — March’s best science images

    NEWS | 31 MAR 2023