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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 space photos.

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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

This week: How to set the scene for a Zika virus vaccine. Plus a lot of new links and podcasts.

Sep 24

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

This week: A dive into lactose intolerance.

Aug 6

This week: Cancers you can get vaccinated against, cancers that are infectious, prion diseases that aren't so rare, and more.

Jul 29

This week: How to fix peer review, access data, rethink Alzheimer's research, and save over a million lives.

Jul 22

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

Jul 15

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Absolutely Maybe by Hilda Bastian

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