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how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure?
At a major HIV conference in July, scientists announced that a seventh person had been ‘cured’ of the disease. A…
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Researchers built an ‘AI Scientist’ — what can it do?
Could science be fully automated? A team of machine-learning researchers has now tried. ‘AI Scientist’, created by a team at…
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What accelerates brain ageing? This AI ‘brain clock’ points to answers
A functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (artificially coloured) of a human brain. Researchers used data from such scans to measure…
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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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What I learnt from running a coding bootcamp
A four-day boot camp proved to be an ideal way for Christian Landry to provide new recruits to his lab…
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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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How I’m looking to medicine’s past to heal hurt and support peace in the Middle East
This month, I am in Amman, Jordan, teaching on the annual Palestine Social Medicine Course. This course, now in its…
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Winds of change: reshaping Tenerife’s energy economy
“When harvesting wind energy, keeping an eye on turbines is crucial, particularly on an island as windy and tropical as…
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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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How South Africa can move on from power cuts
South Africa is caught in an energy bind. From sunlight to wind and biomass, the country has an abundance of…
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