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Making kidney tests work for everyone
A 2022 regional study found that creatinine is an inadequate biomarker for kidney function in people in South…
How a biochemistry department used redacted job applications to achieve gender parity
Concealing some of the information on job applications led to more women being hired.Credit: Christopher Ames/Getty In 2017,…
More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together
Sam Altman of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, says that machines will create superintelligence. Research is needed…
US academics: look after foreign students
I paid close attention to the 2024 US presidential election — both as a US citizen and as…
Affirmative action slow to take hold in Brazil’s graduate science education
Gabryele Moreira in front of Brazil’s first nuclear reactor. She was the only Black student in her nuclear-technology…
I fled the war in Ukraine. Now I work on ways to help the country’s soil heal
Olena Melnyk at the Salisbury Plain military training area, UK, testing a soil-sampling protocol for use in bomb…
How ‘Made in China 2025’ helped supercharge scientific development in China’s cities
A worker tests a charging pile at a workshop for a new energy company in Hefei, China.Credit: NurPhoto/Getty…
Is it really a sin if it’s hardwired in? The neurological basis for ‘bad’ behaviour
Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human Guy Leschziner William Collins (2024) There is no food in…
Trust in scientists starts to recover in the United States at last — but barely
A March for Science rally in Massachusetts. This year, public trust in scientists edged up over 2023 levels,…
How AI is reshaping science and society
ChatGPT and the Future of AI: The Deep Language Revolution Terrence J. Sejnowski The MIT Press (2024) Some…