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Dispatches from a world in turmoil

Scientists reflect on a year of civil unrest. Writing from Syria, Bolivia, Sudan, Iran, Chile, Ecuador, Lebanon, Venezuela, Hong Kong and Catalonia, correspondents tell of altered priorities, day-to-day challenges and hope in the dark times.
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  1. Mona Fawaz

    1. American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

  2. Benjamin R. Scharifker

    1. Metropolitan University, Caracas, Venezuela.

  3. Mónica Moraes R.

    1. University of San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.

  4. Muntaser E. Ibrahim

    1. University of Khartoum, Sudan.

  5. Sharif Moradi

    1. Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology Tehran, Iran.

  6. Ernesto Medina

    1. Yachay Tech University, Urcuquí, Ecuador.

  7. Wasim Maziak

    1. Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, USA.

  8. Mai Har Sham

    1. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

  9. Cecilia Hidalgo

    1. Chilean Academy of Sciences, Santiago, Chile.

  10. Joan Martínez Alier

    1. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

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Nature 576, 382-384 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03872-y

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  • Correction 21 January 2020: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Catalonia as a country.

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