science (general)

Breaking the menopause taboo

Women live an average of 30 years after menopause. Normalising menopause as a life event requires greater research, investment and cultural acceptance.

With rising fees for research journals, India is pressing ahead with a nation-wide subscription to allow more people to access science.

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Science is obsessed with measurements of success. Very few of them mean much at all.

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Attempts to more fairly share scientific knowledge have had the opposite effect in Africa. But a new initiative is bringing true equity.

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Prestige drove Indonesian universities to open their research to the world. Now they need to tidy their files.

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Researchers can’t progress their work without access to very expensive scientific journals. The rebellion against the publishers and their fees has begun.

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India was an early leader in sharing research and information for science. But it has fumbled since then.

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A big issue for publishing scientific research has been the cost. With the push for open access, new business models create new challenges for equitable access.

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The ambitions for this year’s international climate change conference were modest. The outcomes even more so.

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Communicating what autonomous vehicles ‘see’ can improve pedestrians’ trust and public acceptance. Can it also lead to widespread adoption of robots in cities?

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From taking tours to reducing traffic, the influence of robots on cities is growing fast. But it might be scratching the surface of what’s possible.

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As climate change enters uncharted territory, we will need all the skills of the past, and some from the future, to keep feeding the world.

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