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Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction

Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction

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Fifteen years ago my friend and mentor, climate scientist Stephen Schneidersaid something that stuck with me. When it comes to ...

How COVAX raced to protect the world from COVID-19

How COVAX raced to protect the world from COVID-19

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Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Justice Seth Berkley Univ. California Press ...

Three research stars fighting to protect coastlines

Three research stars fighting to protect coastlines

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Apple Chui (left), Hannah Eisler Burnett (center) and Taukii Kitara explore key issues in coastal communities.Photo: L: CPRO, Chinese University ...

how China is moving subsidence research forward

how China is moving subsidence research forward

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As China's cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major challenge: the ground beneath them is sinking. ...

A Chinese AI model taught itself basic physics — what discoveries could it make?

A Chinese AI model taught itself basic physics — what discoveries could it make?

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The researchers provided the AI ​​with data from physics experiments involving systems using pendulum motion to see if it could ...

Why I moved my research to China from Germany: a biologist’s experience

Why I moved my research to China from Germany: a biologist’s experience

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Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty China did not hide its goal to attract the best scientists in the world. Over ...

Could China’s cautious new research strategy stifle its science-leadership ambitions?

Could China’s cautious new research strategy stifle its science-leadership ambitions?

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China has seen an increase in the number of international students as its universities grow, but this also poses challenges.Photo: ...

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings

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The reputation and finances of universities often depend on their position in world league tables. Students use the rankings to ...

Outside the window

Outside the window

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Gene sat and waited, silent and motionless, as the full digital backup neared completion. The mind scanner hummed quietly above ...

How scientists exposed to other people’s trauma find support

How scientists exposed to other people’s trauma find support

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Smoldering debris from the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Photo: Porter Gifford/Corbis/Getty After interviewing medical ...