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THE ARCTIC HAS A NEW EARLY-WARNING MAP. IT WATCHES LAKES DISAPPEAR
Four million Arctic lakes are now being watched in near real time for signs that frozen ground is giving way.
THAILAND JUST KNOCKED RUBELLA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
Decades of vaccination and surveillance turned a dangerous pregnancy infection into a preventable public-health victory.
THEY BUILT A HIGH-RISE OUT OF STONE. LIKE, STRUCTURALLY
The future of lower-carbon construction might involve a material humans have been stacking for thousands of years.
THE PIG KIDNEY BOUGHT HIM NINE MONTHS. IT WAS ENOUGH
A genetically modified pig kidney kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for 271 days — the longest such stretch yet in a living person. He later received a human kidney, making this the first reported pig-kidney transplant to serve as a bridge to a human one.
THE AI STILL NEEDS YOUR TREE PHOTOS
AI-generated images helped species-identification models when real photos were scarce — but actual photographs from people in the real world still performed better. Your random tree picture remains scientifically employed.
THE SUN IS RUNNING A CLINIC NOW
Twenty-three students built Stella Juva, a solar-powered mobile clinic that drove more than 800 km across Kenya and, while stationary, generated enough energy to power all its onboard medical equipment at once. It hasn’t treated real patients yet — this was field testing — but the sun appears to be doing rounds.
A WHOLE REGION JUST KNOCKED TRACHOMA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Because it was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region where the disease was still suspected to be a public-health problem, the entire region has now cleared that threshold.
BHUTAN JUST KICKED DOG-TRANSMITTED RABIES OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies as a public-health problem — the first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to reach the milestone. Bhutan has gone more than two years without a human death from dog-transmitted rabies. Vaccines, surveillance and people showing up worked.