Luciana Federici

27/02/2023

Outcry as men win outsize share of Australian medical-research funding

An analysis showing that the National Health and Medical Research Council awards fewer ‘investigator grants’ to women prompts thousands to sign a petition calling for gender quotas.

24/02/2023

NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever

The Parker Solar Probe has passed through a boundary and into the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering data that will help scientists better understand stars.

20/02/2023

Fantastic feathers, brain writing — the week in infographics

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

14/02/2023

Robot exercises shoulder cells for better tissue transplants

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10/02/2023

Many researchers say they’ll share data — but don’t

Reasons included a lack of informed consent or ethics approval to share; misplaced data; and that others had moved on from the project.

01/02/2023

Asteroid smash and poaching decline

The latest science news, in brief.

30/01/2023

‘There’s no space for us’: an Indigenous-health researcher battles racism in Australia

Chelsea Watego saw a message in the cold, cramped office space she was given. She decided to fight back.

24/01/2023

World population hits eight billion — here’s how researchers predict it will grow

United Nations model predicts a slower rate of population growth than was previously estimated.

23/01/2023

Should I join Mastodon? A scientists’ guide to Twitter’s rival

The open-source platform has added nearly half a million users in little more than a week — but should scientists make the leap? We examine the pros and cons.

21/11/2022

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