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Comment |
No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories
A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support.
- Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
- , Julia E. Fa
- & Stephen T. Garnett
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World View |
African scientists must not be priced out of mental-health research
Under-representation of African populations in mental-health studies perpetuates inequities — change is needed.
- Vivien Chebii
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Outlook |
An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research
Science has a history of exploitation and extraction. Microbiologists have the chance to take a different approach.
- Sam Jones
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Correspondence |
Indian landslide tragedy demands a rethink of hazard mapping in a changing climate
- S. Adarsh
- , D. S. Shamla
- & Meera G. Mohan
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Where I Work |
The real clicker heroes: how I train rats to sniff out explosives
Clever, cat-sized rodents are learning to clear land mines with the help of Bahati Abuu.
- Linda Nordling
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Career Column |
We are junior scientists from emerging economies — the world needs more researchers like us solving global problems
Scientific advancement relies on equitable international collaboration. And right now, it’s not equitable enough.
- Mohammed Shaaban
- , Abib Duut
- & Nana Mensah
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Outlook |
Even with no drug or vaccine, eradication of Guinea worm is in sight
Community-based efforts have reduced the parasitic infection to a handful of cases in humans each year, but the emergence of infections in dogs and other animals threatens to derail progress.
- Sarah DeWeerdt
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Comment |
Make gene therapies more available by manufacturing them in lower-income nations
Gene therapies will become more affordable everywhere only if they are developed and manufactured in the regions of the world most in need of them.
- Evelyn Mwesigwa Harlow
- & Jennifer E. Adair
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Correspondence |
The pandemic agreement: an African perspective
- Nicaise Ndembi
- , Gerald Mboowa
- & Jean Kaseya
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Where I Work |
I use ethnobotany to bring India’s medicinal plants into urban landscapes
N. M. Ganesh Babu collects, studies and propagates his country’s Indigenous flora for their herbal and aesthetic qualities.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Correspondence |
The global refugee crisis is above all a human tragedy — but it affects wildlife, too
- Andrew D. Walde
- , Gift S. Demaya
- & Luca Luiselli
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Editorial |
The Sustainable Development Goals: can they be made smarter?
Accounting for factors such as artificial intelligence in a more ambitious set of goals has a lot of merit — as long as urgency is not lost on the existing ones.
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Nature Index |
Open access is working — but researchers in lower-income countries enjoy fewer benefits
Deep-seated aspects of local research systems need to be uprooted to ensure that researchers in low-income countries can harness the advantages of open access.
- Holly Else
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Nature Index |
China seeks global impact and recognition
The country’s lead in high-quality research looks set to shape the direction of world science.
- Simon Baker
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Nature Index |
Why China has been a growing study destination for African students
Scholarships and soft power among reasons for increasing numbers, but graduates return with mixed reviews.
- Rachel Nuwer
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Nature Careers Podcast |
How artificial intelligence is helping to identify global inequalities
Machine learning tools are helping researchers understand how income is distributed and progress towards reducing inequality.
- Dom Byrne
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Decent work for all: why multinationals need a helping hand
Moses Ngoze explains why the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in Africa are key to achieving global economic growth.
- Dom Byrne
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Outlook |
How ignorance and gender inequality thwart treatment of a widespread illness
Tens of millions of people have female genital schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease that few physicians have even heard of. Efforts are under way to move it out of obscurity and empower women and girls to access sexual and reproductive health care.
- Claire Ainsworth
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Nature Careers Podcast |
How artificial intelligence is helping Ghana plan for a renewable energy future
The technology is helping the West African nation to invest wisely in infrastructure, prioritising energy and food security, but also human health.
- Dom Byrne
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World View |
How to meet Africa’s grand challenges with African know-how
Simple measures to strengthen the interface between science, policy and society in African nations could help the continent leapfrog others in sustainable innovation and development.
- Alfred R. Bizoza
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Correspondence |
More work is needed to take on the rural wastewater challenge
- Jinlou Huang
- , Duo Li
- & Xiao Jin Yang
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Editorial |
Rwanda 30 years on: understanding the horror of genocide
Researchers must support and elevate the voices of Rwanda’s scholars and survivors.
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Comment |
AI can help to tailor drugs for Africa — but Africans should lead the way
Computational models that require very little data could transform biomedical and drug development research in Africa, as long as infrastructure, trained staff and secure databases are available.
- Gemma Turon
- , Mathew Njoroge
- & Kelly Chibale
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Editorial |
Time to sound the alarm about the hidden epidemic of kidney disease
With rates rising around the world, public-health leaders must prioritize prevention, treatment, funding and data.
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Career Feature |
Africa’s postdoc workforce is on the rise — but at what cost?
Will a growth in postdoctoral positions across Africa cause bottlenecks, replicating the career-progression challenges faced by scientists elsewhere?
- Linda Nordling
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Nature Careers Podcast |
‘Hopeless, burnt out, sad’: how political change is impacting female researchers in Latin America
Already feeling invisible and unappreciated, the election of far-right administrations in Argentina and elsewhere are unsettling for women in science.
- Julie Gould
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Editorial |
A fresh start for the African Academy of Sciences
New leadership is giving the academy a stronger voice for the continent’s scientists, following one of its most testing periods.
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Outlook |
Fungal diseases are spreading undetected
Low- and middle-income countries are grappling with widespread shortages of diagnostic tests for infections that kill millions.
- Charles Schmidt
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Article
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Last-mile delivery increases vaccine uptake in Sierra Leone
A cluster randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone shows that targeting access to vaccines in remote areas increases uptake, an approach that can be used to improve vaccine equity in developing countries.
- Niccolò F. Meriggi
- , Maarten Voors
- & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
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Career Q&A |
‘This is my calling’: building point-of-care diagnostic tools to fight tuberculosis
Mireille Kamariza talks about her journey from community college to biotech chief executive, and the uphill battle to stop the spread of the deadly lung disease.
- Abdullahi Tsanni
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Nature Index |
How institutions can tap into research managers’ potential
The editors of a book exploring the perspectives of research managers talk about how policymakers and institutional leaders can better support these essential professionals.
- Bec Crew
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Career Q&A |
A researcher-exchange programme made me a better doctor at home and abroad
Caleb Skipper describes how global health collaborations bring valuable transfers of knowledge to both sides of the Atlantic.
- Christopher Bendana
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Nature Index |
Innovative funding systems are key to fighting inequities in African science
A few countries and a select number of institutions will continue to take the vast majority of grants unless funders build diversity into their grant programmes.
- Susan Gichoga
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Nature Careers Podcast |
‘Blue foods’ to tackle hidden hunger and improve nutrition
Aquatic foods have been overlooked in moves to end food insecurity. That needs to change, says Christopher Golden.
- Dom Byrne
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Career Q&A |
From a pocketful of rocks to scientific director of palaeontological research
PhD candidate Dirley Cortés says that it takes grit and guts to navigate the challenges of being a Latin American woman in palaeontology.
- Efrain Rincon
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Editorial |
Research funders must join the fight for equal access to medicines
Pandemic treaty is a rare opportunity to ensure pandemic-related technologies are accessible and affordable to all.
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Why we should think about more than cash when seeking to eradicate poverty
Catherine Thomas’s research explores different approaches to alleviating poverty, including cash transfers and psychosocial programs.
- Dom Byrne
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Correspondence |
Centres of Excellence in AI for global health equity — a strategic vision for LMICs
- Hossein Akbarialiabad
- & Nelson K. Sewankambo
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Outlook |
Yaws could soon be eradicated — 70 years behind schedule
Researchers are cautiously optimistic that the neglected tropical disease could be gone by 2030, but new barriers — including antibiotic resistance and primate reservoirs — might stand in the way.
- Sam Jones
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Spotlight |
Politics and the environment collide in Brazil: Lula’s first year back in office
Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva grapples with deforestation, fossil-fuel pledges and commitments to Indigenous communities — all while having to work with a conservative Congress.
- Meghie Rodrigues
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Editorial |
End the glaring inequity in international science collaborations
The world’s natural-science research ecosystem remains focused on the priorities of high-income countries. Funders, publishers and scholarly databases can do more to help to rebalance that.
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Article |
Global population profile of tropical cyclone exposure from 2002 to 2019
A global profile of tropical cyclone population exposure for the period 2002–2019 shows a steady increase, with approximately 560 million people exposed yearly and a disproportionate exposure among those with lower socioeconomic status.
- Renzhi Jing
- , Sam Heft-Neal
- & Zachary Wagner
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Nature Index |
North–south country collaborations reveal untapped potential
The global north still dominates such partnerships in the Nature Index.
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Nature Index |
North–south publishing data show stark inequities in global research
Major investment and a shift in strategy are needed to back up the endeavour of researchers.
- Simon Baker
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Spotlight |
India’s year in science
The country has made history in many ways in 2023, but is it using science and technology enough to help its economic and social development?
- Jack Leeming
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Nature Index |
Is the EU–Africa innovation plan toothless?
Meaningful investment might be essential for fixing power imbalances in science and innovation.
- Abdullahi Tsanni
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Nature Index |
Four global-south researchers making cross-border collaborations count
Researchers in the developing world navigate many roadblocks when partnering with the global north, but the benefits can be wide-reaching.
- Virginia Gewin
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Nature Index |
How to level the global publishing playing field
Alternative strategies could shift a system that is stacked against the global south.
- Tom Kariuki
- & Elizabeth Marincola
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Spotlight |
Where science meets Indian economics: in five charts
Nature explores how better investment in science might help India’s economic development.
- Andy Tay
- & Jack Leeming
How to support Indigenous Peoples on biodiversity: be rigorous with data