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We must train specialists in botany and zoology — or risk more devastating extinctions

As a student in China in the late 1980s, I spent several wonderful semesters studying zoology and botany. I vividly

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Do AI models produce more original ideas than researchers?

Researchers built an artificial intelligence tool that came up with 4000 novel research ideas in a matter of hours. Credit:

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Why aren’t there talks with the Taliban about getting women and girls back into education?

From left to right: Raihana Sattari, Marwa Shinwari and Heela Barakzai, robotics researchers from Afghanistan, who had to move to

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Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on

Air travel to attend academic conferences remains widespread although many meeting-goers have reservations about emissions.Credit: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg/Getty An overwhelming majority

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How we slashed our lab’s carbon footprint

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I make fake eyes for those who need them

“I’m the only ocularist in Uganda. Apart from me, there’s no one in the country to make prosthetic eyes for

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Scientists almost have nuclear clocks ticking

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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