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Why the Guardian’s climate and nature journalism is needed now more than ever
“Final warning.” “Now or never.” “Crazy off-the-charts records.” “Absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” “We are damned fools.” As the Guardian’s head of environment, I read the words of climate scientists every day. They tell our reporters the facts, explain the science, and warn of what is to come. But when governments and corporations still don’t act with…
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How the Nature of Human Trafficking Has Changed in Bengal
Sundarban (Bengal): It has been more than five years since Tumpa’s* mother Arati* last saw her. Tumpa, a resident of Dakshinpara on Bali Island in Sundarban, left for school one morning never to return. Her room still holds remnants of her life – kurtas, an old science book, and expired cosmetics. “I carried her in…
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Meet our climate researcher
[Music plays and a split circle appears and photos of different CSIRO activities flash through in either side of the circle and then the circle morphs into the CSIRO logo] [Image changes to show text below the CSIRO logo: Future Science Case Study, Permanent Carbon Locking Technologies] [Image changes to show the CSIRO Marine Laboratories…
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Daily briefing: Furore over ‘oldest pyramid’ claim
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Gunung Padang is “an amazing, important and cool site”, but whether it is the world’s oldest stone structure is contested.Credit: Ali Trisno Pranoto/Getty Furore over ‘oldest pyramid’ claim A paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia…
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A multivariate decomposition analysis of modern contraceptive utilization among married women in the emerging region of Ethiopia (2000–2019)
Abstract Ensuring universal access to family planning services is a proven strategy to improve reproductive health as well as economic development. Assessing the trend and identifying the factors for the change in modern contraceptive utilization is crucial to design effective measures, but trend analysis was not conducted previously. Thus, this study aimed to assess the…
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“My collaborations would see me jailed”: Australian researchers fear proposed new laws
Australia’s nascent space sector would be affected if the proposed law change is passed.Credit: Liu Changchang/Xinhua/Alamy Scientists have reacted with alarm at a proposal by the Australian Department of Defence to control information sharing with foreign researchers, even those working in Australia. If it is passed, the proposed Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023 would…
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Grammars Across Time Analyzed (GATA): a dataset of 52 languages
Abstract Grammars Across Time Analyzed (GATA) is a resource capturing two snapshots of the grammatical structure of a diverse range of languages separated in time, aimed at furthering research on historical linguistics, language evolution, and cultural change. GATA comprises grammatical information on 52 diverse languages across all continents, featuring morphological, syntactic, and phonological information based…
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Extraterrestrial life: back story for the control experiment
CORRESPONDENCE 28 November 2023 Manuel Lerdau University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Your discussion of one of my favourite Nature papers, from 30 years ago (C. Sagan et al. Nature 365, 715–721; 1993), omitted mention of the theoretical underpinnings of the authors’ ‘control’ experiment to detect life on Earth (see Nature 622, 451–452; 2023). Access…
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How the ‘right to science’ can help us overcome the many crises we face today
Eleanor Roosevelt holds the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Credit: CBW/Alamy “Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.” So begins Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the landmark statement on individuals’ rights…
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Assessment of mycotoxins in cornflakes marketed in Lebanon
Abstract Cornflakes are a popular and convenient breakfast cereal made from corn and widely consumed worldwide, including in Lebanon. However, they are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination, which can have harmful effects on human health. Our study evaluated the occurrence of five mycotoxins (AFB1, OTA, FUM, ZEA, DON) levels in packed cornflakes marketed in Lebanon. A…