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Developing world
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Meet the Latina scientists advancing health and policy
Life as a scientist in Latin America isn’t always easy — and this is especially true for women.…
Better data sets won’t solve the problem — we need AI for Africa to be developed in Africa
In May 2023 Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI in San Francisco, California, embarked on a 17-city world…
Will artificial intelligence help or hinder progress on the SDGs?
Serge Stinckwich is working to understand how to use AI tools sustainably.Credit: UNDESA/DPIDG/UNPOG There is a lot of…
How CRISPR patent issues block Indian farmers from accessing biotech benefits
Increasingly, agricultural scientists in Asia and Africa are using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to develop disease-resistant, high-yield crop…
The revolutionary economist who became the unlikely leader of Bangladesh
After weeks of deadly demonstrations that toppled Bangladesh’s autocratic government in August, the students who led the revolution…
Shifting sands threaten flood-mitigation measures
Nature, Published online: 26 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03773-9 Climate change and urbanization are exacerbating the effects of flooding. A…
How I’m creating career opportunities for researchers back home in Mexico
David Posner (at lectern) introduces his plan to bring students from Mexico’s Vasco de Quiroga University to Cambridge,…
Next-generation snakebite therapies could reduce death toll
A spitting cobra can deliver venom either through a bite or by ejecting it from its fangs.Credit: BlackBoxGuild/Creatas/Getty…
How students and grandparents could solve the global mental-health crisis
A client (left) has a counselling session with a lay therapist on a Friendship Bench in Harare.Credit: Jekesai…
Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis
By the end of 2023, there were around 43 million refugees globally. But many more — roughly 68…