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Australia Eliminates Trachoma, but the Real Story Is How Long It Took
Australia just became the 30th country to eliminate trachoma, but the disease's century-long grip on Indigenous communities tells a harder story about wealth and neglect.
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Why Your Afternoon Nap Might Be a Warning Sign, Not Just a Habit
A new study suggests daytime napping in older adults may not be harmless rest but a behavioral signal of deeper physiological decline.
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The Math Heresy That Rejects Infinity Is Starting to Look Prescient
Ultrafinitism, the math philosophy that rejects infinity entirely, is quietly reshaping computer science, cryptography, and the foundations of physics.
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The Axiom That Broke Mathematics Apart Before Putting It Back Together
The Axiom of Choice nearly tore mathematics apart a century ago. The story of how it survived reveals how scientific consensus actually forms.
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Hepatitis Is Killing 1.34 Million People a Year. The 2030 Deadline Is Slipping.
Viral hepatitis killed 1.34 million people in 2024. The tools to prevent those deaths exist. So why is the 2030 elimination target slipping away?
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29 Apr 2026
A Popular Anti-Aging Drug Combo Damages Mouse Brains, Raising Human Safety Alarms
The promise of senolytics has always carried a certain seductive logic: clear out the body's worn-out, zombie-like cells, and the tissues around them might beha
29 Apr 2026
Obesity Rewires the Immune System in Ways That Outlast the Weight Itself
The assumption has long been that losing weight fixes the damage obesity does to the body. Shed the pounds, restore the metabolic markers, and the biological sl
28 Apr 2026
WHO's Pandemic War Game Reveals How Fragile Global Health Coordination Really Is
When a fictional bacterium began spreading across the world in a simulation room last week, 600 health emergency experts from 26 countries had to make decisions
28 Apr 2026
Physicists Keep Finding New Forms of Ice, and the Count Is Far From Final
Water is the most studied molecule in science, and yet it keeps surprising us. Researchers have now identified what appear to be the most structurally complex f
25 Apr 2026
WHO Clears First Malaria Treatment Designed for Newborns, Closing a Deadly Gap
For decades, one of the quietest tragedies in global health has been hiding in plain sight: newborns and young infants with malaria had no treatment formulated
25 Apr 2026
Partial Cell Reprogramming Helps Mouse Hearts Heal After Heart Attack
Heart muscle cells have long been considered one of biology's most stubborn dead ends. Once a cardiomyocyte matures, it essentially stops dividing, which means
24 Apr 2026
The Bahamas Earns WHO Certification for Eliminating Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
When the World Health Organization formally certifies a country for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, it is not handing out a participation ribbo
24 Apr 2026
WHO's 2025 Results Show Real Gains, But Funding Cuts Threaten the System Behind Them
The World Health Organization released its 2025 Results Report this week, and the headline numbers tell a story of genuine progress: measurable health improveme
22 Apr 2026
A New Mathematical Invariant Is Cracking Open the Secrets of Knot Theory
Knots have frustrated mathematicians for well over a century, not because they are hard to tie, but because they are extraordinarily hard to tell apart. Two kno
22 Apr 2026
Rapamycin's Anti-Aging Promise May Come at the Cost of Exercise Benefits
For years, rapamycin has occupied a peculiar and exciting corner of longevity science. Originally developed as an immunosuppressant for organ transplant patient
