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.
Global cancer cases are expected to increase sharply over the coming decades, with annual diagnoses projected to rise from about 20.6 million in 2024 to 35 million by 2050, according to a
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By 2050, population aging could dramatically reshape public finances, with the gap between what citizens contribute to the state and what they receive in benefits and services projected to nearly triple under
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When a well-known actor suffered a stroke, the damage appeared to threaten the very foundation of his career. Left with aphasia — a condition that affects the ability to speak — he
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When Nacho remembers the beginning of the abuse, he does not recall a single moment that defined the relationship. Instead, he remembers a gradual escalation: arguments that became routine, emotional pressure that
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A quick check of TikTok can easily become a much longer session than expected. A cooking video leads to a travel clip, then a technology review, an interview, or a political analysis.
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Long before a person begins to forget names, faces, or familiar places, the brain is already fighting a hidden battle. As nerve cells gradually die and connections between them disappear, the brain
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When Matthias Rohde turned towards the woman sitting in the defendant’s dock and said, “We are a couple,” the courtroom in Rostock fell into a moment of disbelief. After two days of
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Iran is preparing to introduce AlphaZa, the country’s first domestically developed alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical designed to treat advanced cancers resistant to conventional therapies, according to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of
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A new potential benefit has emerged for the latest generation of obesity medications: they may help improve male fertility by increasing testosterone levels and enhancing sperm quality, according to a preliminary review
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For nearly three years, Casey Harrell has lived with a device embedded in his brain that has transformed how he communicates. Paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive disease that gradually
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When Holger Klein was 18, he reached a breaking point in the middle of another night of racing thoughts. Sleep had become impossible. Reading no longer helped, and even alcohol failed to
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The transition from secondary education to university is one of the most decisive moments in a young person’s life, but the way that transition is managed varies dramatically around the world. While
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In a milestone that could reshape the future of neurotechnology, China has approved what is described as the world’s first invasive brain-computer interface for clinical use beyond trials, signaling a decisive shift
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A renewed Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is raising urgent questions about whether the world has truly learned the lessons of past pandemics. According to reporting from Nature,
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Researchers have unveiled major advances in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, with new studies suggesting that subtle biological warning signs can now be identified up to a decade before patients develop
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