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  1. Health & Medicine

    Climate change is shifting malaria hot spots in Africa

    Historic data and predictions suggest cases will rise in East Africa and southern regions, while the threat may ease in West and Central Africa.

    By Fechi Inyama
  2. Math

    AI may have solved one of math’s biggest puzzles, raising controversy

    For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Health & Medicine

    The shingles vaccine may protect the heart

    Shingrix, the same vaccine that protects people from the blistering shingles rash, might also lower risk of heart disease.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Paleontology

    Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets

    Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.