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#20: Many great things you missed this year
This week: Birth seasonality, causes of death across the lifespan, progress against HIV/AIDS & cystic fibrosis, very rare infectious form of…
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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…
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#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…
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#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…
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#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…
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#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…
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#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.
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#6: Vaccines against cancers
This week: Cancers you can get vaccinated against, cancers that are infectious, prion diseases that aren't so rare, and more.
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#4: Uncovering the human genome
This week: An award from the Royal Statistical Society, and major advances since the Human Genome Project.
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#3: Decades of change
This week: How to eradicate a disease without a vaccine, earnings over a lifetime, and some fun podcasts.
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#2: Big studies and very big findings
This week: Vaccines against heart attacks, giant bacteria, plus some great new books and podcasts.
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#1: Great new scientific research – condensed
This week: New RSV vaccines, new trials, and an ancient epidemic mystery being resolved. And this is only the beginning.
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