Declan Butler
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Home-grown scientists step up to save Africa’s primates
Scientific network aims to train a generation of African leaders in primate research. → Read More
Climate scientists flock to France’s call
President said ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ — and researchers signed up. → Read More
Climate scientists flock to France’s call
President said ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ — and researchers signed up. → Read More
Climate scientists flock to France’s call
President said ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ — and researchers signed up. → Read More
Climate scientists flock to France’s call
President said ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ — and researchers signed up. → Read More
Qatar blockade hits helium supply
Researchers braced for shortages as Gulf state forced to close its refineries. → Read More
Qatar blockade hits helium supply
Researchers braced for shortages as Gulf state forced to close its refineries. → Read More
Vaccine ruling from Europe's highest court isn't as crazy as scientists think
Media and scientific uproar over admissible evidence 'exaggerated', say legal scholars. → Read More
Vaccine ruling from Europe's highest court isn't as crazy as scientists think
Media and scientific uproar over admissible evidence 'exaggerated', say legal scholars. → Read More
Macron consolidates electoral victory
The party of France’s recently elected president won an absolute majority in its first general elections, with an agenda that included strong support for research. → Read More
AI summit aims to help world’s poorest
In the world’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are starting to steer self-driving cars down the streets, and homeowners are giving orders to their smart voice-controlled speakers. But the AI revolution has yet to offer much help to the 3 billion people globally who live in poverty. That discrepancy lies at the heart of a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 7–9… → Read More
AI summit aims to help world’s poorest
In the world’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are starting to steer self-driving cars down the streets, and homeowners are giving orders to their smart voice-controlled speakers. But the AI revolution has yet to offer much help to the 3 billion people globally who live in poverty. That discrepancy lies at the heart of a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 7–9… → Read More
Drop in cases of Zika threatens large-scale trials
Studies are struggling to recruit participants following a marked drop in cases of the virus. → Read More
Drop in cases of Zika threatens large-scale trials
Dwindling infection rate makes reliable data hard to gather. → Read More
World Health Organization gets first leader from Africa
Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to head agency amid calls for reform. → Read More
Scientists relieved by Emmanuel Macron’s French election victory
France's next president has vowed to ring-fence research budgets and boost innovation. → Read More
Scientists relieved by Emmanuel Macron’s French election victory
France's next president has vowed to ring-fence research budgets and boost innovation. → Read More
Scientists relieved by Emmanuel Macron’s French election victory
France's next president has vowed to ring-fence research budgets and boost innovation. → Read More
French-election fears unite scientists in defence of liberal democracy
Threat of a far-right president galvanizes researchers to put politics first. → Read More
French-election fears unite scientists in defence of liberal democracy
Threat of a far-right president galvanizes researchers to put politics first. → Read More