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We’re closing out the year with a roundup of the science stories that stood out to our editors in 2024. There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories about the ...

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Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

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