Games can help people to see disaster risks and effects with their own eyes, helping them to engage with complex science, a conference hears.

Argentinean companies and cooperatives have launched a free-software initiative to help develop products for public and private sectors.

A new bill aims to encourage science communication to the public and educational institutions in Mexico.

New research aims to help African policymakers understand the constraints on women entrepreneurs to unlock their economic potential.

Consumers from Brazil and China are top among those who know how to adequately define biological diversity, says an international survey.

A plan is needed to protect critical science journalism as media incomes fall, heard a meeting ahead of the World Conference of Science Journalists.

UNESCO has announced that it will support a number of initiatives aimed at boosting a culture of open access to science research in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A new science communication project is targeting citizens in the most crowded areas of Panama City.

A new online data platform hopes to improve governance in twenty African countries and provide open access to official statistics.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is to open new centres in the developing world to promote science cooperation and training.

Wireless communications are an affordable option that can help Africa's scientists, farmers and health workers, a workshop hears.

A Brazilian TV show pays attention to health research, but not always to key public health problems, says a study.

A report examines why early warning systems are good at predicting crises but bad at triggering preventive action.

A clinical research fellowship scheme to train African biomedical students will open later this year.

After an expert meeting, scientists are increasingly positive that policymakers will involve science in the Sustainable Development Goals process.

Six sessions have been dropped from the World Conference on Science Journalism programme due to a lack of money to help speakers attend.

Science and scientists have been the inspiration for several performances and parades, at carnivals taking place across Brazil.

Science journalists working in the Global South are more optimistic about the sector than those in the developed world, reveals a report.

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