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Shouting about the far-flung impact of city-based research can help counter attempts at urban–rural division.

Artificial intelligence is asking questions that humans hope to answer.

Landing tenure is a pipe dream for most postdoctoral researchers. They need business skills to help them thrive outside academia.

With the world at their feet, these prolific young researchers are making their mark.

The domestic pool of talent is deep, but international links are still crucial for maintaining the country’s role in the search for global solutions.

India–US partnerships heat up, as China contemplates rebuilding links with the West.

Building on the success of blockbuster drugs, the country’s focus on reinvestment is feeding a stream of discovery.

But collaborations are still hampered by bureaucracy and underfunding.

Four researchers offer tips for excelling in interdisciplinary training.

The continent’s scientists see opportunities in international collaborations that are rooted in Africa, rather than originating in Europe and North America.

The head of Europe’s main body for research-management professionals talks about the impact of artificial intelligence and the continued battle for recognition for those supporting scientists’ work.

The fact that artificial intelligence can do much of the work makes a mockery of the process. It’s time to make it easier for scientists to ask for research funding.

By bearing firsthand witness to how the climate crisis is affecting life and livelihoods, their fieldwork directly informs policy to protect vulnerable sites.

The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have had a significant impact on international collaboration and field access.

The alignment of high-quality research to Sustainable Development Goals on climate and conservation varies widely between the world’s regions.

But research will need to renew and redouble efforts to provide solutions as the climate emergency deepens.

To contribute fully to the Sustainable Development Goals, global research must change gear.

Nature’s global survey finds that postdoctoral researchers still feel as though they are academia’s drudge labourers, but have more confidence about job prospects in a post-pandemic world.

Being open to the limitations of their knowledge can help researchers to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations.

A move from one sector to another isn’t a one-way street. Researchers who have pivoted between the two explain why.