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The Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is particularly high in the west, forming more than half the average diet in the…

Up to a million women worldwide are facing sexual violence and forced labour in prisons, where they are overlooked and forgotten, in what is being called…

How many women are in prison around the world?More than 733,000 women and girls are held in penal institutions globally, according to the Institute for Crime…

Just a few minutes from the turquoise waters of Kenya’s Kilifi Creek, a world away from the tourists enjoying their time on the estuary, a team…

More than 20 Olympic medallists, coaches and other international athletes, including the tennis player Martina Navratilova and the swimmer Sharron Davies, have signed a letter calling…

Developing human brain tissue containing rosette structures (pink and blue) surrounded by neurons (green).Credit: Nano et al./Nature Neurosci.; Jose Soto/Bhaduri Lab/UCLAScientists have created the most detailed…

Mouse breeding and husbandryAll experimental procedures related to the use of mice were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Allen Institute…

October rains have been light across Somalia, a country which in recent years has found itself on the frontline of the climate crisis. The latest estimate…

The origins of “Featured Gigs” trace back to the first post in the series with Kemi Jona, vice provost for online education and digital innovation at…