Science and health news that went right: new research, medical breakthroughs, and public health wins, explained in plain language with links to the studies.
Astronomers used the James Webb telescope to trace fast radio burst FRB 20240304B to a tiny galaxy 3 billion years after the Big Bang, more than doubling the distance record.
A new study found multilingual brains look years younger than monolingual ones on scans, and the more languages, the bigger the gap.
A 20-day trial found peppermint oil lowered mildly high blood pressure by 8.5mmHg on average, more than the placebo group by a wide margin.
Older adults carrying Roseburia inulinivorans in their gut had 29% stronger handgrip. In mice, adding it directly increased grip strength by 30%.
England's new cancer plan wants 3 in 4 patients cancer-free or living well five years after diagnosis. Right now it's about 6 in 10.