Childhood cancer deaths in the United States have fallen dramatically over time, as shown in the chart. It presents annual cancer death rates in children […]
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Life expectancy has continued to rise in the longest-lived countries
Record national life expectancies have been climbing for over a century. In 1840, Swedish women had a life expectancy of 46 years — the highest of any country […]
Since 1960, Singapore has risen from three times poorer than Western Europe to twice as rich
In 1960, Singapore’s GDP per capita — a measure of average income — was a third of the average in Western Europe. It was even lower than Western […]
Norway gives more foreign aid per capita than any other OECD country
In 2023, Norwegians gave $1,160 in foreign aid — more than twice the amount contributed by people in other large Western countries. By comparison, people […]
Mpox: still no jabs for ‘most at risk’ children in DRC
By: Moise Aganze and Ruth Douglas [BUKAVU, DRC/LONDON] Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are still awaiting vaccines to protect them from mpox, even as case […]
Here’s how long it would take 100 worms to eat the plastic in one face mask
By Susan Milius An experiment reveals that such bio-solutions to our plastics problem will likely fall short. Insects rank high among humankind’s go-to creatures for strangeness: […]