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Nature Careers Podcast |
How to plug the female mentoring gap in Latin American science
Female academics who are keen to advance their careers need to see other women in leadership positions. Social stereotyping prevents that, argues Vanessa Gottifredi.
- Julie Gould
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Career Feature |
Ready or not, AI is coming to science education — and students have opinions
As educators debate whether it’s even possible to use AI safely in research and education, students are taking a role in shaping its responsible use.
- Sarah Wells
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News Feature |
After the genocide: what scientists are learning from Rwanda
Thirty years after the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Nature met with researchers who are gaining insights that could help to prevent other atrocities and enable healing.
- Nisha Gaind
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Correspondence |
How can we make PhD training fit for the modern world? Broaden its philosophical foundations
- Ganesh Alagarasan
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Career Feature |
The neuroscientist formerly known as Prince’s audio engineer
Susan Rogers worked with the legendary singer-songwriter before earning a PhD in her 50s on auditory memory and how we listen to music throughout life.
- Anne Gulland
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Technology Feature |
No installation required: how WebAssembly is changing scientific computing
Enabling code execution in the web browser, the multilanguage tool is powerful but complicated.
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
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Career Q&A |
This geologist communicates science from the ski slopes
How Karin Kirk finds a balance between twin careers of science writing and skiing instruction.
- Miles Lizak
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World View |
‘Education is possible in any situation’ — what I’ve learnt from teaching in Kyiv amid a war
Ukraine’s universities have adapted by blending innovative forms of remote learning. Lessons from this experiment are relevant to the rest of the world.
- Inna Makhovych
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Building robots to get kids hooked on STEM subjects
Robotics are a key part of the Fundi Bots education program and its aim to excite children about science and technology.
- Dom Byrne
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News Feature |
Culture wars are raging on US campuses. Will they affect research?
Scientists and other academics worry that political pressure on universities is growing and could limit research and teaching.
- Emma Marris
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Career Column |
How an AI-powered lion became a teaching tool
The mascot for King’s College London helped Andrés Gvirtz to teach a class, with a little help from generative artificial intelligence.
- Andrés Gvirtz
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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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News & Views |
From the archive: London fog, and an expedition team to envy
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Comment |
Chemistry is inaccessible: how to reduce barriers for disabled scientists
From classrooms to laboratories and conferences, working in chemistry presents huge challenges to disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent people. Some simple fixes can help to shift the dial.
- Blaine G. Fiss
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Nature Index |
Bridging the rural–urban health-care divide through community research partnerships
Scientists are working with Indigenous communities in Alaska to improve many facets of rural health.
- Lucas Trout
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Career Feature |
Why these PhD scientists swapped research for secondary-school teaching
Students value being taught by real-life scientists with lived experience of life in the lab, say researchers who switched career.
- Anne Marie Conlon
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News |
The Israel–Hamas conflict: voices from scientists on the front lines
The deadly 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, have upended lives — including those of researchers throughout the region.
- Nature news team and freelance reporters
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Editorial |
Why teachers should explore ChatGPT’s potential — despite the risks
Many students now use AI chatbots to help with their assignments. Educators need to study how to include these tools in teaching and learning — and minimize pitfalls.
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News Feature |
ChatGPT has entered the classroom: how LLMs could transform education
Researchers, educators and companies are experimenting with ways to turn flawed but famous large language models into trustworthy, accurate ‘thought partners’ for learning.
- Andy Extance
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Career Feature |
The future is quantum: universities look to train engineers for an emerging industry
With quantum technologies heading for the mainstream, undergraduate courses are preparing the workforce of the future.
- Sophia Chen
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World View |
Sudan’s disastrous war — and the science it is imperilling
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
- Mohamed H. A. Hassan
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Career Feature |
How to switch research fields successfully
Four researchers offer tips for excelling in interdisciplinary training.
- Andy Tay
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News & Views |
From the archive: soap success, and Michael Faraday’s lecture tips
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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World View |
Scientists in diaspora are a powerful resource for their home countries
Networks of émigré researchers can be potent forces for good when they are member-driven, involve youth and connect with each other.
- Rana Dajani
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Correspondence |
Indigenous schools in Brazil as a tool for acculturation
- André Calixto Gonçalves
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- & Ivan Filipe Fernandes
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News & Views |
From the archive: science on TV, and the Lancet turns 100
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Editorial |
AI will transform science — now researchers must tame it
A new Nature series will explore the many ways in which artificial intelligence is changing science — for better and for worse.
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Career Feature |
Universities axe diversity statements in wake of US Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
Higher-education campaigners fear that removing the option for job applicants to provide the statements will make the academic workforce less diverse.
- Amanda Heidt
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News & Views |
From the archive: teenage disdain, and Darwin ponders tiny males
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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News |
A new era for Arecibo: legendary observatory begins next phase
The US National Science Foundation announces plan to use the historic site for biology and computer science education.
- Anil Oza
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Correspondence |
India: neutralizing temptation by predatory journals
- Pitchai Balakumar
- & Gowraganahalli Jagadeesh
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News & Views |
From the archive: the value of MSc degrees, and painting tips
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Career Column |
Why Juneteenth matters for science
In the light of US court rulings on racism in science and affirmative action in higher education, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans is ever more important.
- Antentor O. Hinton
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News & Views |
From the archive: enchanting insects, and John Stuart Mill’s will
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Spotlight |
How virtual reality is helping to boost scientific engagement in rural Africa
Immunologist Patience Kiyuka explains her use of the latest technologies to show young people what it is like to be a researcher and what science can do for society.
- Rachael Pells
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Career Feature |
Failed PhD: how scientists have bounced back from doctoral setbacks
In a scientific culture that eschews admitting failure, some researchers are staring it in the face — and finding success.
- Carrie Arnold
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Nature Index |
Chinese students stay local as favour falls with study abroad
Fewer opt to move overseas for study owing to factors such as the pandemic and geopolitical tensions.
- Rachel Nuwer
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Career Feature |
Is it time for tenure to evolve?
After a spate of high-profile tenure denials, US academics are rethinking how this beleaguered academic process can be made more fair.
- Amber Dance
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Editorial |
How to educate the world: prioritize funding and data
Data gaps are hindering progress on the Sustainable Development Goal for education and lifelong learning. Modest funding will help to fill them.
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Correspondence |
Enlightened Indian science tradition is not entering a dark age
- Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal
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Career Feature |
How to train early-career scientists to weather failure
Workshops and training programmes tackle failure and how to recover from it.
- Laurie Udesky
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Career News |
Universities urged to improve how staff sexual-assault claims are handled
Early-career researchers are often poorly served when they come forward, says the author of a report investigating the response to #MeToo at UK institutions.
- Anne Gulland
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Career Feature |
A family affair: how scientist parents’ career paths can influence children’s choices
Early exposure to science inspired four researchers to pursue research careers.
- Andy Tay
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Editorial |
Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video
Saying ‘no’ to this kind of visual content is a question of research integrity, consent, privacy and intellectual-property protection.
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News |
India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled
Nature has learnt that the periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s as they start the new school year.
- Dyani Lewis
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Editorial |
Why is India dropping evolution and the periodic table from school science?
India’s curriculum body needs to explain why it has removed foundational topics from school textbooks.
How young people benefit from Swiss apprenticeships
From the archive: atomic structure, and cookery lessons