For 50 years, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics has worked to advance science in developing countries. At an anniversary celebration, world policy and science leaders shared memories – and visions for the future

The Millennium Development Goals have helped to produce remarkable progress against poverty, disease and early childhood death. But are we overlooking the MDG’s biggest success?

The Sustainable Development Goals are being drafted to help lift up the poor countries of the world. If the goals are to succeed, researchers in developing countries must play a central role.

A global rush on sea cucumbers has created environmental risk, social conflict and even deaths in Mexico. At a workshop co-organized by TWAS, participants explored how good policy and effective science diplomacy could restore peace.

At a high-level conference co-organized by the InterAcademy Medical Panel, global health leaders focused on how poverty and other disadvantages can have lifelong health consequences. The answer, experts said, is holistic policy to support good health.

TWAS Prize winners will lecture on a wide range of disciplines at the Academy’s upcoming General Meeting, detailing research that could have profound influence in improving human lives

As global trade expands, how can small fisheries be managed? A science diplomacy workshop in Mexico, co-organized by TWAS, is exploring solutions

Argentinian neuroscientist Francisco Barrantes has spent a career bringing the finest details of the nervous system into sharp focus. Advanced technology provides new insights, he says, but many mysteries remain

Biochemist Yongyuth Yuthavong has begun working in a critical, high-level development role in his home country

Diego Golombek, one of Latin America's most influential science communicators has a message for researchers everywhere: abandon jargon, embrace enthusiasm – and please, no more potted plants