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African scientists must not be priced out of mental-health research

Across African nations, an estimated 116 million people are living with mental illness. Yet the causes are poorly understood in

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Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere

SpaceX’s Starship rocket is the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.Credit: Joe Marino/UPI/Shutterstock The huge explosions that destroyed SpaceX’s Starship

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how to stop bad science propagating through the literature

Article retractions have been growing steadily over the past few decades, soaring to a record-breaking figure of nearly 14,000 last

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how to collaborate with non-governmental organizations

Too often, the potential of a biomedical discovery to tackle disease is not fully realized. Perhaps the economic return is

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Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains

Download Nature hits the books 22 August 2024 For millennia, humanity has obsessed about halting ageing and, ultimately, preventing death.

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Cash for catching scientific errors

Malte Elson is blunt when it comes to science’s ability to self-correct. “The way we currently treat errors doesn’t work,”

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Field observations of Ambula tardus on Planet IN-409

Everybody tells you it takes time to adjust to the aliens’ way of life, but you don’t really understand what

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FDA rejects ecstasy as a therapy: what’s next for psychedelics?

MDMA, also known as ecstasy, was administered in conjunction with psychotherapy during clinical trials.Credit: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

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The Taliban ‘took my life’ — scientists who fled takeover speak out

Three years after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, some five million people have left the country, including many of

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Camera-carrying sea lions map uncharted areas of the ocean

Scientists attached cameras and sensors to small pieces of neoprene that they glued to the sea lions’ backs.Credit: Nathan Angelakis