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Learning from North-South University Partnerships in Practice

Learning from North-South University Partnerships in Practice

In 2016, five Swiss institutions of higher education and three universities in the Global South received seed funding to work on sustainable development through education and research in contexts affected by conflict. Looking back at more than four years of coordinating this university network, here are some lessons learned from challenging situations.

How to Write Like an Academic

How to Write Like an Academic

If you've been away from academia for a few years, you may have forgotten how to write in a way that's suitable for higher education. Not to worry...!

Ancient Footprints Suggest a Mysterious Hominid Lived Alongside Lucy's Species

Ancient Footprints Suggest a Mysterious Hominid Lived Alongside Lucy's Species

A previously unknown hominid species may have left its marks in muddy ash about 3.66 million years ago in what is now East Africa.

AI Mathematician and a Planetary Diet - the Week in Infographics

AI Mathematician and a Planetary Diet - the Week in Infographics

Nature highlights three key infographics from the week in science and research.

6 Habits of Highly Effective Climate-conscious Travelers - Grist

6 Habits of Highly Effective Climate-conscious Travelers - Grist

How to tread a little more lightly on your holiday journeys.

What Did the Past Smell Like?

What Did the Past Smell Like?

When people entertain transporting to the past, 19th-century Berlin, say, they don't often imagine a dramatic shift in smellscape.

The COVID Pandemic Has Harmed Researcher Productivity - and Mental Health

The COVID Pandemic Has Harmed Researcher Productivity - and Mental Health

Surveys show that women, parents of young children and people of colour are most affected by pandemic-related disruptions and need more support.

2050: What Happens if We Ignore the Climate Crisis (Video Explainer)

2050: What Happens if We Ignore the Climate Crisis (Video Explainer)

We envision two scenarios: what life could look like in 2050 if we do nothing, and what life could look like if we take action now. Watch this video to take a glimpse into the future and find out what you can do to prevent global climate catastrophe. There is still hope   .

Towards Improved Data Reproducibility

Towards Improved Data Reproducibility

In this article, we look at some of the measures we can take as individual scientists and as a global community to improve the reproducibility and rigor of scientific endeavor.

The Search for People Who Never Get COVID

The Search for People Who Never Get COVID

An international team of researchers wants to find people who are genetically resistant to SARS-CoV-2, in the hope of developing new drugs and treatments.

Biophysics Colab Brings Review and Curation to Biophysical Preprints on Sciety

Biophysics Colab Brings Review and Curation to Biophysical Preprints on Sciety

Biophysics Colab brings review and curation to biophysical preprints on Sciety

COP26 Climate Summit: A Scientists' Guide to a Momentous Meeting

COP26 Climate Summit: A Scientists' Guide to a Momentous Meeting

Despite 30 years of climate diplomacy, urgent and aggressive action is needed to halt global warming. Nature explains what success looks like, and what's on the line.

Mexico's Scientific Community Is Facing Unprecedented Threats From the Government

Mexico's Scientific Community Is Facing Unprecedented Threats From the Government

Scientists around the world fear the Mexican government is trying to send a message to those who would dare question it.

Opinion | The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Leaf Blowers

Opinion | The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Leaf Blowers

Nearly everything about how Americans "care" for their lawns is deadly, but these machines exist in a category of environmental hell all their own.

Special Topics Issue on Intersectional Science Policy

Special Topics Issue on Intersectional Science Policy

These articles raise awareness of science policy topics that directly affect marginalized scientists and communities, and provides possible solutions by which to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in science policy as laid out by the next generation of leaders in the field.