29th July 2025

Living near the coast may improve life expectancy

A new study finds that living within 50 km (31 mi) of the sea can extend life expectancy by several months, compared with inland areas – though future climate risks may undermine this advantage.

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8th April 2025

HIV/AIDS progress could reverse by 2030, warns study

A study in The Lancet finds that cuts to foreign aid could undo decades of progress made to end HIV/AIDS, with potentially 10.8m additional new infections by 2030.

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27th January 2025

Life expectancy in Gaza has almost halved

A new study further underscores the immense human cost of the Israel–Hamas war, with life expectancy in the Gaza Strip found to have plummeted since October 2023.

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19th December 2024

U.S. life expectancy predicted to stall by 2050

Life expectancy progress in the United States is slowing. Only modest increases are likely by 2050, as the country falls below nearly all high-income and some middle-income countries in the global rankings.

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23rd June 2024

Cause of life expectancy gender gap revealed

The gap in life expectancy between male and female organisms has been scientifically explained for the first time.

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30th March 2024

8 million UK jobs at risk from AI

A new report warns of potentially major disruption to UK employment from the coming wave of AI. An estimated 11% of tasks are already exposed to current AI, a figure that could rise to 59% during a second wave.

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3rd February 2024

AI to disrupt creative jobs in the near future

A new report forecasts widespread disruption in the creative and entertainment industries due to generative AI over the coming three years.

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16th January 2024

World's first trillionaire predicted within a decade

The world's first trillionaire is predicted by UK charity Oxfam to happen within the next 10 years. Meanwhile, the global eradication of poverty will take until the mid-23rd century to achieve.

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22nd February 2023

"Longevity Science Caucus" formed by US politicians

Two U.S. congressmen have announced the formation of a bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Longevity Science.

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2nd December 2022

Shocking decline in human sperm counts

A new study finds that human sperm counts fell by 62% in the last 50 years – possibly due to poor diets, combined with a toxic soup of "forever chemicals" in our air and water.

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15th November 2022

Global population reaches 8 billion

Today is the most likely date for when the global population reached 8 billion, according to a UN estimate. The world is now on track to surpass 9 billion by 2037 and 10 billion by 2058.

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10th July 2022

UK debt-to-GDP could reach 430% by 2072

A new report warns that UK government debt is likely to see a major increase this century. The 50-year projections are based on a world of increasing risk, alongside demographic, economic, technological, and other trends.

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