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Ricardo Galvão: Science defender
As chaos spiked in the Amazon, the physicist became a national hero by challenging Brazil's government.
Victoria Kaspi: Sky sleuth
An astrophysicist chased mysterious fast radio bursts with an innovative radio telescope.
Nenad Sestan: Brain rebooter
A neuroscientist revived disembodied pig brains and challenged definitions of life and death.
Sandra Díaz: Biodiversity guardian
An ecologist and her colleagues assess Earth's ecosystems and call for drastic action.
Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum: Ebola fighter
The co-discoverer of Ebola faces his tenth battle with the virus in the DRC — his toughest yet.
Yohannes Haile-Selassie: Origin seeker
A palaeontologist shook up the human family tree with the discovery of a remarkably preserved 3.8-million-year-old skull.
Wendy Rogers: Transplant ethicist
An academic revealed ethical failures in China's studies on organ transplants.
Hongkui Deng: CRISPR translator
A Chinese scientist shows that CRISPR gene editing can be used safely in adults with HIV.
John Martinis: Quantum builder
A physicist led Google's first demonstration of a quantum computer that could outperform conventional machines.
Greta Thunberg: Climate catalyst
A Swedish teenager brought climate science to the fore as she channelled her generation's rage.
(F: Nature Briefing dic. 19)