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The roles of women in cookstove intervention studies - Nature Sustainability
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (1632+ words) Shupler, M. et al. Gendered time, financial & nutritional benefits from access to pay-as-you-go LPG for cooking in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. World Dev. Sustain. 5, 100178 (2024). Ji, W., Chen, Y., Huang, W., Zhou, H. & Xu, S. Trends and regional disparities in the global burden of disease…...
Operational research to improve health systems in the Global South - Nature Health
1+ week, 3+ day ago (444+ words) Nature Health (2026)Cite this article The Structured Operational Research Training Initiative has increased operational research capacities in Sierra Leone, and provides a model for Global North'Global South and Global South'Global South regional partnerships for health system planning and performance. This…...
Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1767+ words) Nature (2026)Cite this article Villase'or, A., Bobe, R. & Behrensmeyer, A. K. Middle Pliocene hominin distribution patterns in Eastern Africa. J. Hum. Evol. 147, 102856 (2020). Wood, B. & Strait, D. Patterns of resource use in early Homo and Paranthropus. J. Hum. Evolution 46, 119162 (2004). Wood, B. & Boyle, E. K. Hominin taxic diversity: fact or fantasy? Am. J. Phys....
Determinants of solar energy access in urban and rural areas of Ethiopia: implications for equitable climate transitions
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1725+ words) npj Climate Action volume5, Articlenumber:3 (2026) Cite this article The pink circles show urban enumeration areas, and the blue circles represent rural enumeration areas. The black lines showregional boundaries and orange lines depict the central grid. Q1: What household and community characteristics are…...
A radio observatory for the ages
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (143+ words) Nature Astronomy (2025)Cite this article After decades of planning and several scheduling setbacks, the Square Kilometre Array is around the corner. While the radio astronomy community fervently prepares to use the telescope of a generation, the leadership calls for a…...
Argentina must finish building the CART radio telescope
2+ mon, 1+ hour ago (224+ words) National University of R'o Negro, Bariloche, Argentina. In 2015, China and Argentina launched a collaborative project to build a 40-metre-diameter radio telescope in the San Juan province of Argentina. The China'Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) is now nearly complete, and is set…...
Don’t downplay problems of bullying and harassment in academia
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (498+ words) Universities, funders and governments need to get a grip on bullying and harassment.Credit: Getty What do you do if your country has a serious problem with bullying and harassment in academic research? The United Kingdom is among those with…...
The apple of my eye: How I’ve created a plant-health tracker for farmers in Tanzania
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) Tavares Cebola is a freelance reporter. Neema Mduma is a computer scientist at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. Credit: Kang-Chun Cheng for Nature This is part of my role in the Artificial Intelligence and…...
Kenya’s black rhino revival is a story of hope for conservationists
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (103+ words) Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya. Zoological Society of London, UK. Nature 647, 321 (2025) Vaccine advice: how a US centre is filling growing gaps in public-health information News Q&A 10 NOV 25 Safeguards for virology must be designed in partnership with the public When…...
Can IVF safe the northern white rhino from extinction? — October’s best science images
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (316+ words) By Fred Schwaller & Katie Kavanagh In the underwater category, Ralph Pace wowed the judges with this illuminated egg case of a swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum), tethered to the base of a giant kelp. On 19 October, SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink Internet…...