Nature - The liberal Gabriel Boric campaigned on a promise to invest in research and fight climate change, and has given scientists prominent positions in his administration.

Wave of complaints brings up thorny issues of permissiveness and power in Mexican labs

Nature - Researchers are trying to dismantle the flawed concept of homogeneous racial mixing that has fostered discrimination in Mexico, Brazil and other countries.

Una oleada de denuncias aborda aspectos espinosos sobre la permisividad y las dinámicas de poder dentro de los laboratorios mexicanos

Nature - Researchers worry Colombian environment ministry will side with animal-rights activists rather than curb the invasive animals’ spread.

Nature - Researchers fear that breakthroughs from abroad will be too slow or inequitably shared to benefit the global south.

While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country’s top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world’s most notorious spyware, The Times found.

Researchers highlight barriers to their work and steps for overcoming them

The project bucked the history of “parachute science” — when researchers from wealthier nations do studies in other countries with little involvement of local scientists.

Nature - Outpouring of stories on social media prompts fierce debate about sexual harassment and assault at Mexico's research institutions.

Horses, donkeys and mules can be a lifeline for families living in the countryside, but there haven’t always been vets around to treat them.

At least two of four formal complaints against plant geneticist Jean-Philippe Vielle Calzada dropped

Una oleada de denuncias aborda aspectos espinosos sobre la permisividad y las dinámicas de poder dentro de los laboratorios mexicanos

Una oleada de denuncias aborda aspectos espinosos sobre la permisividad y las dinámicas de poder dentro de los laboratorios mexicanos

Nature - Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug’s effectiveness against the coronavirus.

Desde su aparición, el coronavirus ha monopolizado nuestras conversaciones. Palabras como casos asintomáticos, aplanar la curva o crecimiento exponencial son cada vez más comunes en discursos...

Nature - Nearly a year after flames consumed Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, researchers are struggling to revive their work and resume their lives.

Members of an international panel said that the Mexican armed forces had repeatedly obstructed their efforts to investigate the 2014 disappearance and that they were leaving the country.

Explosion in the port area of the city leaves at least 78 people dead

In a Yucatan nature park, engineered genes influence nectar production, affecting ants’ and maybe pollinators’ attraction to the wild cotton plants.

A region with some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction

El ruido y desconcierto de las calles de Ciudad de México han sido reemplazados por el mensaje confuso de las autoridades durante esta pandemia. El periodista de ciencia Emiliano Rodríguez Mega...

Nature - Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug’s effectiveness against the coronavirus.

Nature - Mexican researchers fear that a polarizing bill could ruin the chances of overhauling the nation’s science system.

In-depth feature reports on tenacious researchers rebuilding their careers and the institution’s scientific legacy.

Nature - Committee found that University of Chile neuroscientist Claudio Hetz did not deliberately alter published images — but some researchers fear his practices set a poor precedent.

New constitution may help shift power to communities

The trial of José Rubén Zamora, the founder of a newspaper who was convicted of money laundering and sentenced to up to six years, came as critics say democracy in Guatemala is crumbling.

Nature - Nearly 62% of Chileans voted against the proposed charter, which would have boosted science.

The storm was one of the strongest ever to hit the southwest coast, and the Mexican government dispatched thousands of troops to the region.

Su detención determinará si el exdirector de Pemex asume las culpas en lo individual o se sacrifica por el priismo.

A COVID vaccine developer, an Arctic voyager and a prime minister are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories.

A prosecutor had tried to suspend the party, knocking the anticorruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo out of next month’s runoff contest.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says.