Year: 2025
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How Vaccines Train Our Immune System: The Biology Behind Disease Prevention
Vaccines are among the most significant achievements in medicine, credited with saving millions of lives and eradicating or controlling numerous infectious diseases. But how do these biological marvels actually work inside our bodies? As a scientist, I find the interplay between vaccines and the immune system both fascinating and crucial to understand—especially in our increasingly…
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El Niño 2023–2024: How a Pacific Phenomenon Shaped Global Weather Extremes
By Dusty El Niño is a periodic climate phenomenon characterized by the warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Over the past year, the 2023–2024 El Niño event provided a textbook example of how a disturbance in ocean temperatures can ripple across the globe, reshaping weather patterns and impacting millions.…
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The Square Kilometre Array: A Giant Leap for Radio Astronomy
Few scientific endeavors capture the collaborative spirit and ambition of modern astronomy like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Spanning two continents—South Africa and Australia—this next-generation radio telescope promises to deliver transformative insights into the universe’s earliest epochs and the fundamental laws of physics. As an astronomer, I’d like to explore what makes SKA so…
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