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Mated for Life Expectancy

January 13, 2026 Joshua Alcantara

It’s a wonderful life… span? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Around the world, women outlive men. But… is that just a human thing? Enter Johanna Staerk and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute. They studied the lifespans of over FIVE HUNDRED mammals and SIX

Cancer Gender Gap

July 8, 2025 Arjun Nair

Zombie outbreak! Who ya gonna call? Mommy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. “Zombie” immune cells have been discovered that let tumors grow unchecked! But only in men’s bladders. How can we stop them? Qingchen Zhu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences went with a