Round ups

Five medical breakthroughs in 2024

It's December, and time for a retrospective on some breakthroughs in medical innovation this year.

Dec 9, 2024 •

#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…

Mar 16, 2024 •

#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, 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, 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, 2023 •

#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 •

#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 •

#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 •

#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.

Jul 29, 2022 •

#4: Uncovering the human genome

This week: An award from the Royal Statistical Society, and major advances since the Human Genome Project.

Jul 15, 2022 •

#3: Decades of change

This week: How to eradicate a disease without a vaccine, earnings over a lifetime, and some fun podcasts.

Jul 8, 2022 •

#2: Big studies and very big findings

This week: Vaccines against heart attacks, giant bacteria, plus some great new books and podcasts.

Jun 30, 2022 •

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