China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases.
A lively debate is sweeping across the global scientific community: Are truly groundbreaking discoveries becoming harder to achieve? A provocative paper, published in Nature, has reignited concerns that modern research is producing
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A newly developed artificial intelligence tool could soon help hospitals identify individuals at high risk of postpartum depression, offering a potential breakthrough in early intervention for a condition that affects roughly 17%
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A baby boy named KJ Muldoon has become the first person in the world to receive a bespoke CRISPR gene-editing treatment tailored specifically to his unique genetic mutation. Now nearly ten months
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London have successfully coaxed embryonic stem cells to self-organize into fluid-filled amniotic sacs that resemble those seen at around four weeks of human gestation. The
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From the infamous skunk cabbage to corpse flowers that reek of rotting meat, foul-smelling flora have long fascinated botanists and repelled unsuspecting hikers. Now, a groundbreaking study published in Science reveals the
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Ethel Caterham, a 115-year-old great-grandmother from England, has officially become the world’s oldest living person following the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, aged 116. Living in a care home
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Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide, with the World Health Organization (WHO) projecting a significant increase in cases and deaths by 2050. A recent analysis by the International
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama has opened up about undergoing therapy as she navigates a major life transition, addressing recent speculation about her marriage to former President Barack Obama. Speaking candidly on
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U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to block federal funding for gain-of-function (GoF) research into viruses and biological agents, citing national security risks and pointing directly to China
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A growing number of Britons are now self-identifying as neurodivergent, with some experts suggesting they may even outnumber the neurotypical population, according to The Times UK. The shift is being driven by
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In a groundbreaking development reported by Nature, scientists have created a broad-spectrum antivenom using antibodies derived from a man who has survived hundreds of venomous snake bites. The new treatment, which also
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A cutting-edge technique that directly edits proteins in living cells is poised to offer revolutionary insights into how proteins function, behave, and interact within the body. This powerful method, based on the
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A team of researchers has discovered that a fungus commonly found in the human gut can significantly reduce disease symptoms in mice. The study, published in Science and reported by Nature, could
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An international coalition of leading virologists has warned that the United States must intensify its response to the year-long H5N1 bird flu outbreak to avert a potential pandemic, according to a report
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A new study by Stanford University researchers warns that measles, a disease once declared eliminated in the United States, is on track to become endemic again within the next two decades if
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