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Hong Kong overtook Japan around 2013 to record the world’s highest life expectancy, with women now averaging 88.7 years and men 83.3. Researchers found no single longevity secret, but unusually low smoking-related mortality explains much of its advantage, while dense neighbourhoods, accessible services and heavily subsidised public transport may help older residents remain active.
20+ hour, 33+ min ago (1169+ words) Hong Kong's provisional 2025 life expectancy is 88.7 years for women and 83.3 for men. Low smoking-related mortality explains a large measured share of its advantage, while urban design remains a plausible factor. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September…...
In a 2013 experiment, 20 of 24 radiologists missed a gorilla deliberately inserted into a chest CT scan while searching for nodules — eye tracking showed that 12 of those who missed it had looked straight at the animal hiding inside the image.
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (943+ words) A 2013 CT experiment showed that expert readers could look directly at an unexpected gorilla without reporting it. The finding concerns attention, not a clinical cancer-miss rate. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Twenty of…...
In 2022, a 17-year-old built a $300 thought-controlled prosthetic arm; unlike very expensive and invasive brain-controlled systems, his version reads brainwaves through non-invasive electrodes
1+ week, 3+ day ago (329+ words) One arm is a research-lab masterwork that reads a wearer's intent and, in some setups, lets them feel through it. Published September 4, 2026 · How we edit We are not clinicians, prosthetists, or biomedical engineers, and nothing here is medical guidance. This…...
Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: "We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (478+ words) The ancient philosopher famous for hedonism actually preached moderation, discipline, and the pursuit of simple pleasures—a formula modern science now validates. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published August 29, 2026 · How we edit That reading is almost exactly backwards. A quick…...
A 2024 AARP survey of 1,010 adults aged 50-plus found that 44% believed they had grown happier over time—yet only 22% thought most people do, a striking gap between how ageing feels from the inside and how we imagine it happens to everyone else.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1642+ words) AARP's 44% versus 22% gap compares a retrospective judgment about one's own life with a belief about other people, while neutral responses and the one-time design limit what it can show. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 28, 2026 · How we…...
Merck and Moderna announced on 19 August 2026 that a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine had succeeded in a Phase 3 trial??? the first time a vaccine built from a patient's own tumour mutations has cleared that bar in the history of oncology
2+ week, 6+ day ago (470+ words) A cancer vaccine tailored to each patient's unique tumour mutations has achieved what no personalised therapy has before—proving it can delay recurrence in a large clinical trial. Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit Somewhere in a lab right now, a…...
South Korean men born in 1996 were estimated to be about 15.2 centimetres taller than men born there in 1896??? while South Korean women gained an extraordinary 20.2 centimetres over the same century of birth cohorts.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (553+ words) A century of radical transformation reshaped an entire population's body, revealing what nutrition, medicine, and prosperity can accomplish in just a few generations. By Lab Report · Edited by Mal James Published August 22, 2026 · How we edit We are not clinicians, geneticists,…...
A psychologist went to Arctic Norway expecting two months of winter darkness to make people miserable. Instead, she found that many locals had learned to see the polar night as cosy, beautiful, and strangely restorative
3+ week, 5+ day ago (562+ words) The Arctic's darkest months are supposed to crush the human spirit—unless you've learned to embrace them. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Daniel Moran Published August 18, 2026 · How we edit A psychologist arrived in Arctic Norway in 2014 with a suitcase of…...
Researchers found that people who spoke two or more languages developed dementia symptoms about 4.5 years later than those who spoke only one — not quite a cure, but a delay long enough to change the shape of a life
3+ week, 6+ day ago (577+ words) The cognitive reserve that comes with speaking multiple languages may not prevent dementia, but it can postpone the disease long enough to reshape how people experience their final years. Published August 18, 2026 · How we edit Four and a half years does…...
A Mayo Clinic AI re-analysed CT scans that had originally been read as normal — and detected the signature of pancreatic cancer in 73% of patients who later developed it, a median of 16 months before their diagnosis.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (845+ words) Mayo Clinic's REDMOD model found subtle CT signatures of later pancreatic cancer in a retrospective validation study, but the tool still needs prospective testing before clinical use. Published August 17, 2026 · How we edit A Mayo Clinic team has reported a careful…...