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"Understanding how the brain uses predictions to manage uncertainty may now be more critical than ever—and it may also help explain the causes of mental health disorders that are on the rise in the U.S. and show us how we can foster resilience in ourselves and our children," writes TPN member @maiasz.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
🦴Bone fragments from a new bovine species that lived during the ice age has been discovered in Siberia.
🐮This species is related to modern yaks and likely went extinct around 27,000 years ago.
popsci.com/science/extinct-i…
🇬🇭📉The Daily Dose via @gavi 🇬🇭📉
Malaria deaths in Ghana have fallen by 98% since 2011.
🤔How did they do it?
💉"Medical professionals agree: it’s the fact that Ghana is deploying a combination of all the available anti-malarial interventions, from vaccines to preventive meds, mosquito nets and therapeutic drugs that are saving all those lives," writes @C_Lacave.
gavi.org/vaccineswork/ghana-…
🇯🇵Japan has launched a mission to grab part of Phobos.
🚀If it is successful, this will become the first time a sample has been returned from Mars or its moons to be analysed in laboratories here on Earth.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvg…
🪺Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos are getting new digs in Hong Kong.
🏠With few places to nest in the city, Hong Kong-based biologist Astrid Andersson and arborist Harry Wong are building artificial nest boxes and installing them in public parks and on school campuses.
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/ar…
🇺🇸📉The Daily Dose via @AACR 🇺🇸📉
According to the AACR Cancer Progress Report, 4.8 million cancer deaths were averted in the US between 1991 and 2024.
🤔How come?
🚭People aren't smoking as much, which has lead to subsequent declines in lung cancer deaths, a trend that has accelerated in recent years due to advances in early detection and treatment.
💊Advances in precision medicine and immunotherapy have transformed the treatment landscape of several historically intractable cancers.
cancerprogressreport.aacr.or…
"While some national figures are trying to flood the zone with so much chaos that we can’t keep up, other Americans are working hard to bring running water and indoor plumbing to those who still don’t have it," writes TPN member @courtwrites.
"We’re witnessing a reweaving of local fabric, and a renewed curiosity in one another."
reasonstobecheerful.world/wh…
🔦 What if you could turn your tattoo “on” and “off” with a light?
👨⚕️New photochromic dyes are being tested to create visible-invisible tattoos, which could be especially useful in medical tattooing.
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
🇮🇩📉The Daily Dose via @OurWorldInData 🇮🇩📉
In 1984, 86% of Indonesians were living in extreme poverty.
By 2025, that number had plummeted to 3.7%.
🤔How many people is that?
😮The number of people living in extreme poverty in Indonesia has fallen from 140 million to about 10 million.
ourworldindata.org/data-insi…
"AI may be a double-edged sword, but for now, the worst edge is getting all the attention," writes TPN founder @zacharykarabell.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
⏰ Scientists have invented a new kind of clock—nuclear clocks—that could be more portable and reliable than regular ones, and even search for dark matter.
nytimes.com/2026/10/07/scien…
🌍📉The Daily Dose via @OurWorldInData 🌍📉
Since 1900, the global death rate due to malaria has dropped by 96%.
🤔What does that mean?
😬"If it were still as high as it was then, around 16 million people would die from malaria every year instead of 610,000," writes @MaxCRoser.
ourworldindata.org/data-insi…
