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Global research

April 2024

  • Emperor penguin chicks standing on ice

    ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

    An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem

May 2023

  • Young boys pull containers of water as they return to their huts from a well in the village of Ntabasi in Kenya

    Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures, say scientists

    Groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform next generation of sustainability policy

November 2022

  • The FCDO

    Foreign Office vetting deterring top scientists from UK, Royal Society warns

    Frustration growing at delays that leave some unable to take up prestigious posts for up to seven months

April 2022

  • A close up of a woman holding a brightly coloured black and green frog

    The age of extinction
    Lost in translation: is research into species being missed because of a language barrier?

    More focus on non-English language reports would be good for conservation and help close the gap between global north and south, argue researchers

July 2021

  • Collapsed building after the blaze at the Covid hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq

    Rising public anger over Iraq’s healthcare system after ward fire that kills 92

    Nasireyah residents demand officials resign as death toll rises from Covid hospital inferno

June 2021

  • Jürgen Wertheimer, who set up Project Cassandra, standing in front of a green chalkboard

    ‘At first I thought, this is crazy’: the real-life plan to use novels to predict the next war

    Three years ago, a small group of academics at a German university launched an unprecedented collaboration with the military – using novels to try to pinpoint the world’s next conflicts. Are they on to something?

October 2020

  • A sinovac researcher working on a covid-19 vaccine. some 90% of the firm’s employees and their families have been injected with the experimental jab

    Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science?

    The west has been wary of China’s rise as a scientific superpower, but the pandemic has made it impossible to ignore

January 2020

  • FILE PHOTO: A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before injecting it to a patient, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

    Global research
    Coronavirus and Ebola: could open access medical research find a cure?

  • Olivia Champion is the founder of BioSystems Technology, which sells insect larvae for scientific testing and reduces the need to experiment on mammals.

    Global research
    ‘Guys ask for more money’: the hurdles facing female-led science startups

December 2019

  • A male doctor shakes hands with a female patient in a waiting room

    Global research
    'Women have been woefully neglected': does medical science have a gender problem?

    Women’s symptoms are ignored and their health problems are under-researched. What’s going wrong?

November 2019

  • Closeup portrait, young scientist in labcoat wearing nitrile gloves, doing experiments in lab, academic sector.<br>EM277F Closeup portrait, young scientist in labcoat wearing nitrile gloves, doing experiments in lab, academic sector.

    Global research
    'We're at breaking point': will UK scientists' big ideas survive Brexit?

    Funding for blue skies research is falling in favour of work aligned with the government’s strategic priorities

October 2019

  • High Angle View Vie Of Woman Sleeping On Bed<br>GettyImages-611475641

    Global research
    Wake-up call: is the government now listening to university experts?

    A popular science book has transformed public health advice on sleep. But how often does this happen?

September 2019

  • Professor giving lecture among auditorium audience<br>EYN565 Professor giving lecture among auditorium audience

    Global research
    'Look at how white the academy is': why BAME students aren't doing PhDs

    Black, Asian and minority ethnic students are shunning PhDs because they don’t feel like they belong in academia
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