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#18: A slice of great things you missed this year
This post: A brain cancer breakthrough, defeating dengue, women's employment, rabies elimination, personality and age, giant virus-like particles, and…
Nov 3
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September 2023
#17: Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner (bonus content)
This week: How to write a 9,000+ word article, fact-checking and history heuristics, and the path to scientific discovery.
Sep 10
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Saloni Dattani
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July 2023
#16: A fraction of great things you missed this year
This week: Death contours, the twin baby boom, good conversations, music and languages, blood pressure drugs, conspiracy theories, Tasmanian devil…
Jul 9
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Saloni Dattani
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June 2023
#15: What does it mean when fewer people die?
This week: Different angles of the decline in mortality, clean water, easy ways to save lives, and more.
Jun 1
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Saloni Dattani
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April 2023
#14: How many people die from snakebites?
This week: Missing data – the most underrated problem in global health.
Apr 11
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Saloni Dattani
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March 2023
#13: The success of chickenpox vaccines
This week: Why not treat chickenpox and shingles as an avoidable problem? Plus, I have a PhD now.
Mar 20
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Saloni Dattani
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January 2023
#12: Everything great you missed since November, part one
This week: Declines in cancer, the significance of hospitals, climate & religion, bird maps, gender pay gaps, intelligence & personality, the pyramids…
Jan 24
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Saloni Dattani
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November 2022
#11: Everything great I've read in the last fortnight
This week: The curve of death, eliminating HIV, the impact of cash donations, lemurs picking their nose, the spread of dumplings, trade, and some cool…
Nov 6, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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October 2022
#10: Everything great I've read in the past month
This week: A stream of new vaccines, deaths over the 20th century, how flu became milder, how children reduce crime, how to reduce stomach cancer, and…
Oct 22, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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September 2022
#9: The power of challenge trials
This week: How to set the scene for a Zika virus vaccine. Plus a lot of new links and podcasts.
Sep 24, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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August 2022
#8: What I've learnt about writing
This week: Reflecting on my writing process. Plus: what to know about polio, monkeypox, sex ratios, detecting snakes, when kids learn words, and more.
Aug 28, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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#7: How we adapted to milk, and how we adapted it to us
This week: A dive into lactose intolerance.
Aug 6, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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