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14 September 2026 India Medicine WHO reports BRICS traditional medicine commitment
14 September 2026 India Medicine New Delhi declaration raises knowledge sharing
14 September 2026 India Medicine Leaders connect medical traditions to evidence standards
14 September 2026 India Medicine BRICS discussion extends July health ministers’ agreement
9 September 2026 International Medicine WHO reports public health leaders’ medicine workshop
9 September 2026 International Medicine Researchers compare medicine use and research funding
9 September 2026 International Medicine Global priorities include pain and mental health research
9 September 2026 International Medicine Traditional product regulation receives expert attention
3 September 2026 Brazil Medicine PAHO reports digital library for Indigenous health
3 September 2026 Brazil Medicine Indigenous health information receives a dedicated portal
3 September 2026 Brazil Medicine Traditional midwives’ knowledge enters health memory work
3 September 2026 Brazil Medicine Brazilian health knowledge project supports dialogue
31 August 2026 South Africa Medicine Traditional medicine day is marked in Mpumalanga
31 August 2026 South Africa Medicine Traditional healers join a health discussion
31 August 2026 South Africa Medicine Community screening joins a cultural gathering
31 August 2026 South Africa Medicine Health systems consider knowledge and evidence
26 August 2026 Japan Mathematics Sangaku Archive is introduced
26 August 2026 Japan Mathematics Digital preservation connects scattered temple mathematics
26 August 2026 Japan Mathematics Archive design shapes historical visibility
26 August 2026 Japan Mathematics A living archive extends Edo-period mathematical culture
21 August 2026 Africa Astronomy Study connects Timbuktu manuscripts with modern African astronomy
21 August 2026 Africa Astronomy African astronomy is examined through a decolonial lens
21 August 2026 Africa Astronomy Global publishing can reproduce epistemic inequality
21 August 2026 Africa Astronomy Scientific sovereignty becomes part of astronomy policy
5 August 2026 Thailand Medicine Thailand selected for next traditional medicine summit
5 August 2026 Thailand Medicine Thai traditional medicine receives international recognition
5 August 2026 Thailand Medicine WHO announces a future forum for medicine evidence
5 August 2026 Thailand Medicine Bangkok region continues medicine collaboration
24 July 2026 India Medicine BRICS health ministers conclude Chandigarh meeting
24 July 2026 India Medicine Health ministers recognize traditional medicine cooperation
24 July 2026 India Medicine BRICS creates a traditional medicine expert working group
24 July 2026 India Medicine Chandigarh declaration connects research and regulation
1 July 2026 Ecuador Medicine PAHO reports intercultural health mission in Ecuador
1 July 2026 Ecuador Medicine Amazonian knowledge holders discuss eye health
1 July 2026 Ecuador Medicine Traditional and clinical approaches meet in Ecuador
1 July 2026 Ecuador Medicine Ecuadorian dialogue addresses trust in trachoma work
22 June 2026 International Medicine WHO publishes feature on yoga and healthy ageing
22 June 2026 International Medicine South Asian practice enters healthy ageing discussion
22 June 2026 International Medicine WHO article links accessible movement and older age
22 June 2026 International Medicine Yoga feature highlights practice rather than new discovery
25 May 2026 Americas Medicine WHO reports dialogue on tradition and self-care
25 May 2026 Americas Medicine Americas health discussion includes community practices
25 May 2026 Americas Medicine Traditional medicine and public health share a regional forum
25 May 2026 Americas Medicine WHO examines evidence around self-care traditions
22 May 2026 International Medicine WHO reports Indigenous knowledge at World Health Assembly
22 May 2026 International Medicine WHA79 discussion connects medicinal plants with biodiversity
22 May 2026 International Medicine Indigenous stewardship is discussed in global health
22 May 2026 International Medicine Traditional medicine debate includes community rights
13 May 2026 Americas Medicine Intercultural health approaches are discussed
13 May 2026 Americas Medicine Community health knowledge meets health policy
13 May 2026 Americas Medicine Countries share approaches to culturally relevant care
13 May 2026 Americas Medicine A May health exchange precedes its later report
28 January 2026 Central America Medicine PAHO holds seminar on culturally safe childbirth
28 January 2026 Central America Medicine Central American midwives enter maternal health planning
28 January 2026 Central America Medicine Intercultural care connects midwives and clinics
28 January 2026 Central America Medicine Regional childbirth method addresses unequal care
19 December 2025 India Medicine WHO launches Traditional Medicine Global Library in India
19 December 2025 India Medicine Latin American health information centre builds a global resource
19 December 2025 India Medicine Traditional medicine library gathers international material
19 December 2025 India Medicine New Delhi launch follows Brazil library preview
18 December 2025 Brazil Medicine WHO validates Brazil’s mother-to-child HIV milestone
18 December 2025 Brazil Medicine Prenatal HIV services protect children
18 December 2025 Brazil Medicine Brazil uses local evidence for national validation
18 December 2025 Brazil Medicine Validation has a precise public health meaning
17 December 2025 India Medicine Second WHO traditional medicine summit opens in India
17 December 2025 India Medicine WHO summit discusses rights to medicinal biodiversity
17 December 2025 India Medicine New Delhi summit proposes common safety standards
17 December 2025 India Medicine Summit introduces a global health information agenda
1 December 2025 Guatemala Medicine Indigenous youth discuss regional health plan in Guatemala
1 December 2025 Guatemala Medicine Youth meeting raises ancestral and scientific medicine
1 December 2025 Guatemala Medicine Indigenous languages become part of health access debate
1 December 2025 Guatemala Medicine Young leaders address biodiversity and health
7 November 2025 International Medicine WHO Bulletin announces traditional medicine special issue
7 November 2025 International Medicine Medical journal issue discusses knowledge and evidence
7 November 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine becomes a journal focus
7 November 2025 International Medicine WHO Bulletin places community knowledge in a health debate
24 October 2025 China Medicine Macao workshop on traditional medicine products closes
24 October 2025 China Medicine Medicine regulators compare product safeguards
24 October 2025 China Medicine Traditional product training brings six regions together
24 October 2025 China Medicine Macao meeting asks for evidence on traditional products
17 October 2025 Brazil Medicine Traditional Medicine Global Library is previewed in Brazil
17 October 2025 Brazil Medicine Brazil-based BIREME invites feedback on medicine library
17 October 2025 Brazil Medicine Traditional medicine information receives a digital index
17 October 2025 Brazil Medicine Rio pre-launch precedes December global release
12 October 2025 Germany Medicine Berlin summit holds traditional medicine policy panel
12 October 2025 Germany Medicine Medicine policy discussion includes national implementation
12 October 2025 Germany Medicine Traditional care joins World Health Summit programme
12 October 2025 Germany Medicine Berlin panel raises cooperation between health systems
1 September 2025 Egypt Mathematics British Museum publishes a guide to Egyptian mathematics
1 September 2025 Egypt Mathematics The papyrus teaches through worked examples
1 September 2025 Egypt Mathematics Ahmes identifies himself as a copyist of older knowledge
1 September 2025 Egypt Mathematics Museum interpretation makes ancient algorithms accessible
29 August 2025 South Africa Medicine South Africa holds African Traditional Medicine Day ceremony
29 August 2025 South Africa Medicine Moruleng ceremony honours ancestral healing knowledge
29 August 2025 South Africa Medicine Traditional practitioners present skills at Moruleng
29 August 2025 South Africa Medicine South Africa discusses traditional care in health services
8 August 2025 Kenya Medicine Kenya eliminates sleeping sickness as a public health problem
8 August 2025 Kenya Medicine Kenyan health workers monitor a tsetse-borne illness
8 August 2025 Kenya Medicine Kenya reaches a second neglected disease goal
8 August 2025 Kenya Medicine Public health elimination needs sustained vigilance
18 July 2025 Peru Medicine PAHO reports intercultural health dialogues in Peru
18 July 2025 Peru Medicine Peruvian health dialogue includes Indigenous perspectives
18 July 2025 Peru Medicine Peru considers ways to connect community and formal care
18 July 2025 Peru Medicine Intercultural health is presented as a question of access
17 July 2025 International Medicine WHO reports UN debate on AI and traditional medicine
17 July 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine digitization raises knowledge rights questions
17 July 2025 International Medicine International agencies discuss AI in traditional care
17 July 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine enters a digital health conversation
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Senegal receives trachoma elimination validation
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Senegalese patients benefit from eye care
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Water and sanitation matter for trachoma prevention
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Frontline workers share an eye health achievement
14 July 2025 International Medicine WHO recommends twice-yearly HIV prevention injections
14 July 2025 International Medicine HIV prevention gains a longer-acting choice
14 July 2025 International Medicine Global health leaders meet in Kigali
14 July 2025 International Medicine A recommendation needs affordable implementation
11 July 2025 Burundi Medicine Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
11 July 2025 Burundi Medicine Trachoma control protects vulnerable communities
11 July 2025 Burundi Medicine Burundi adds to African eye health progress
11 July 2025 Burundi Medicine Validation does not end the need for monitoring
27 June 2025 International Medicine WHO publishes priorities for traditional medicine research
27 June 2025 International Medicine Researchers identify unanswered traditional care questions
27 June 2025 International Medicine Global research plan considers multiple medical traditions
27 June 2025 International Medicine WHO agenda connects traditional medicine with evidence
22 June 2025 Brazil Medicine PAHO describes early traditional medicine library prototype
22 June 2025 Brazil Medicine Digital medicine library plans Indigenous access
22 June 2025 Brazil Medicine Medicine resource plans accessible formats
22 June 2025 Brazil Medicine São Paulo researchers preview a future global resource
12 June 2025 Brazil Medicine Brazil consultation on traditional medicine research concludes
12 June 2025 Brazil Medicine Americas research consultation identifies knowledge gaps
12 June 2025 Brazil Medicine Regional meeting includes traditional health systems in research
12 June 2025 Brazil Medicine São Paulo discussion seeks evidence for traditional care
2 June 2025 International Medicine WHO reports Indigenous rights in medicine strategy
2 June 2025 International Medicine Global medicine plan highlights medicinal biodiversity
2 June 2025 International Medicine WHO strategy report describes evidence safeguards
2 June 2025 International Medicine WHA78 report connects traditional care and health systems
30 May 2025 International Medicine WHO reports support for an updated traditional medicine strategy
30 May 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine strategy attracts international discussion
30 May 2025 International Medicine Global traditional medicine policy highlights safe integration
30 May 2025 International Medicine WHO publication distinguishes strategy from clinical proof
26 May 2025 International Medicine World Health Assembly approves a traditional medicine strategy
26 May 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine gains a policy framework
26 May 2025 International Medicine Research and evidence shape traditional medicine plans
26 May 2025 International Medicine Health systems consider culturally relevant care
23 May 2025 Tajikistan Astronomy Study reassesses Avicenna's astronomical legacy
23 May 2025 Tajikistan Astronomy Avicenna designs a high-precision angular instrument
23 May 2025 Tajikistan Astronomy Astronomy is separated from fortune-telling
23 May 2025 Tajikistan Astronomy Modern scholarship restores a neglected Persian contribution
20 May 2025 International Medicine World Health Assembly adopts a pandemic agreement
20 May 2025 International Medicine Health equity enters pandemic planning
20 May 2025 International Medicine Countries endorse cooperation on future emergencies
20 May 2025 International Medicine Adoption begins further legal and practical steps
6 May 2025 International Medicine WHO releases a report on health inequity
6 May 2025 International Medicine Income and opportunity shape medical outcomes
6 May 2025 International Medicine Maternal health reflects structural inequalities
6 May 2025 International Medicine Health policy reaches beyond hospitals
30 April 2025 India Medicine WHO reports on regional traditional medicine meeting
30 April 2025 India Medicine Traditional care appears in primary care discussion
30 April 2025 India Medicine New Delhi discussion addresses traditional health systems
30 April 2025 India Medicine Medicine summit report stresses research and access
25 April 2025 India Medicine Regional health summit holds traditional medicine session
25 April 2025 India Medicine New Delhi panel discusses integrating traditional care
25 April 2025 India Medicine Traditional knowledge appears at a regional health meeting
25 April 2025 India Medicine WHO session emphasizes evidence in traditional medicine
14 April 2025 Brazil Medicine PAHO reports dialogue between science and ancestral knowledge
14 April 2025 Brazil Medicine Ancestral health knowledge is presented in a public health forum
14 April 2025 Brazil Medicine Digital tools feature in a traditional knowledge discussion
14 April 2025 Brazil Medicine Brazilian health conversation links different knowledge systems
7 April 2025 International Medicine UN agencies publish maternal mortality findings
7 April 2025 International Medicine Maternal survival shows unequal progress
7 April 2025 International Medicine Health services need sustained maternal-care funding
7 April 2025 International Medicine Report date is distinct from measured mortality
24 February 2025 Mexico Medicine Mexico hosts equity discussion on eye health
24 February 2025 Mexico Medicine Traditional healers join eye health conversations
24 February 2025 Mexico Medicine Trachoma prevention considers Indigenous health practices
24 February 2025 Mexico Medicine Americas eye health meeting connects eight countries
7 February 2025 Malawi and Zimbabwe Medicine WHO reports on a new sleeping sickness treatment
7 February 2025 Malawi and Zimbabwe Medicine Oral therapy expands treatment options
7 February 2025 Malawi and Zimbabwe Medicine A safer path is sought for patients
7 February 2025 Malawi and Zimbabwe Medicine Training accompanies new treatment delivery
1 February 2025 Rwanda Medicine Rwanda launches a cervical cancer plan
1 February 2025 Rwanda Medicine Rwanda combines prevention and early diagnosis
1 February 2025 Rwanda Medicine Cancer treatment belongs in the elimination goal
1 February 2025 Rwanda Medicine Mission 2027 is an ambition, not a completed result
30 January 2025 Niger Medicine Niger becomes first African country verified free of river blindness
30 January 2025 Niger Medicine Communities in Niger interrupt a parasitic infection
30 January 2025 Niger Medicine River blindness elimination reaches a new region
30 January 2025 Niger Medicine An elimination victory follows decades of work
29 January 2025 Guinea Medicine Guinea reaches a sleeping sickness goal
29 January 2025 Guinea Medicine Guinean health services track a neglected disease
29 January 2025 Guinea Medicine A tsetse-borne illness meets elimination criteria
29 January 2025 Guinea Medicine Communities share credit for disease control
8 January 2025 International Medicine WHO reports training on safe traditional medicine
8 January 2025 International Medicine Traditional medicine training includes 11 countries and areas
8 January 2025 International Medicine WHO workshop discusses training practitioners
8 January 2025 International Medicine Traditional care workshop focuses on quality safeguards
10 December 2024 International Medicine Countries discuss a 2025 traditional medicine action agenda
10 December 2024 International Medicine Traditional knowledge rights feature in country dialogue
10 December 2024 International Medicine Biodiversity protection features in medicine diplomacy
10 December 2024 International Medicine International group considers a medicine knowledge library
4 December 2024 China Medicine Beijing conference adopts traditional medicine declaration
4 December 2024 China Medicine Beijing gathering brings together 85 countries
4 December 2024 China Medicine China hosts international debate on traditional medicine
4 December 2024 China Medicine Beijing Declaration calls for international collaboration
20 November 2024 Peru Medicine Indigenous maternal-health meeting closes in Peru
20 November 2024 Peru Medicine Indigenous women discuss newborn care
20 November 2024 Peru Medicine Traditional midwives join health-system discussions
20 November 2024 Peru Medicine A Peru meeting centres culturally relevant care
19 November 2024 Brazil Medicine WHO reports G20 recognition of traditional care
19 November 2024 Brazil Medicine G20 discussion ties medical traditions to research
19 November 2024 Brazil Medicine Brazil G20 agenda gives traditional knowledge visibility
19 November 2024 Brazil Medicine G20 wording preserves an evidence requirement
13 November 2024 India Mathematics Study reconstructs Kerala methods for arcsine
13 November 2024 India Mathematics Tables and iteration support trigonometric computation
13 November 2024 India Mathematics A circle method links geometry and numerical analysis
13 November 2024 India Mathematics Source-language evidence guides interpretation
7 November 2024 Colombia Medicine WHO reports traditional knowledge at biodiversity COP
7 November 2024 Colombia Medicine Indigenous leaders gain attention in biodiversity talks
7 November 2024 Colombia Medicine Medicine and ecosystem protection meet at COP16
7 November 2024 Colombia Medicine Traditional practitioners join health and biodiversity exchange
21 October 2024 Viet Nam Medicine WHO validates Viet Nam trachoma elimination
21 October 2024 Viet Nam Medicine Preventable eye infection declines in Viet Nam
21 October 2024 Viet Nam Medicine Viet Nam reaches a second neglected disease goal
21 October 2024 Viet Nam Medicine Trachoma gains a regional success story
20 October 2024 Egypt Medicine WHO certifies Egypt malaria free
20 October 2024 Egypt Medicine Egypt’s malaria work spans generations
20 October 2024 Egypt Medicine A populous African country gains certification
20 October 2024 Egypt Medicine Malaria-free status requires ongoing detection
17 October 2024 Americas Medicine PAHO Americas strategy consultation concludes
17 October 2024 Americas Medicine Sixteen countries comment on global traditional care policy
17 October 2024 Americas Medicine Indigenous and Afro-descendant medicine enters policy feedback
17 October 2024 Americas Medicine Traditional knowledge protection raised in consultation
8 October 2024 India Medicine WHO validates India’s trachoma elimination
8 October 2024 India Medicine Indian eye health programmes meet elimination targets
8 October 2024 India Medicine Surgery and water access belong in eye health
8 October 2024 India Medicine Monitoring follows an elimination milestone
1 October 2024 Brazil Medicine WHO validates Brazil’s filariasis elimination
1 October 2024 Brazil Medicine Brazilian health teams tackle a parasitic disease
1 October 2024 Brazil Medicine Filariasis control adds a Latin American milestone
1 October 2024 Brazil Medicine WHO applies an elimination threshold
1 October 2024 Pakistan Medicine WHO validates Pakistan’s trachoma elimination
1 October 2024 Pakistan Medicine Eye health programmes address preventable blindness
1 October 2024 Pakistan Medicine Community health work supports eye care
1 October 2024 Pakistan Medicine Trachoma validation requires continued vigilance
19 September 2024 Saudi Arabia Medicine Eastern Mediterranean research consultation ends in Riyadh
19 September 2024 Saudi Arabia Medicine Riyadh workshop adds regional voices to research agenda
19 September 2024 Saudi Arabia Medicine Traditional medicine researchers gather in Saudi Arabia
19 September 2024 Saudi Arabia Medicine WHO maps evidence gaps across medical systems
1 September 2024 India Mathematics Publication traces India's mathematical influence westward
1 September 2024 India Mathematics Brahmagupta's rules for zero and negative numbers are highlighted
1 September 2024 India Mathematics Aryabhata's trigonometry and astronomy receive public attention
1 September 2024 India Mathematics The article criticizes colonial historical memory
29 August 2024 South Korea Medicine Western Pacific traditional medicine workshop ends in Seoul
29 August 2024 South Korea Medicine Seoul joins worldwide traditional medicine research planning
29 August 2024 South Korea Medicine Regional research discussion includes East Asian traditions
29 August 2024 South Korea Medicine WHO works to coordinate traditional medicine research
22 August 2024 India Mathematics Updated biography reassesses Madhava
22 August 2024 India Mathematics Geographic evidence refines the history of a mathematical community
22 August 2024 India Mathematics Algorithms for sine, cosine and pi receive renewed attention
22 August 2024 India Mathematics Modern scholarship revises inherited biographies
22 August 2024 Thailand Medicine Bangkok traditional medicine research consultation ends
22 August 2024 Thailand Medicine Thai applied medicine centre joins regional consultation
22 August 2024 Thailand Medicine South-East Asian participants discuss research priorities
22 August 2024 Thailand Medicine Regional meeting considers a WHO traditional medicine strategy
31 July 2024 India Medicine India pledges funding for WHO traditional medicine centre
31 July 2024 India Medicine Jamnagar centre plans work on Indigenous knowledge
31 July 2024 India Medicine Traditional medicine centre plans research and evidence work
31 July 2024 India Medicine India and WHO connect traditional care with primary care
29 July 2024 International Mathematics Publication profiles overlooked mathematicians
29 July 2024 International Mathematics Women and non-European scholars return to the narrative
29 July 2024 International Mathematics Madhava's series challenges familiar calculus stories
29 July 2024 International Mathematics Public history makes exclusion itself visible
26 July 2024 Colombia Medicine Colombian maternal-care workshop concludes
26 July 2024 Colombia Medicine A midwife’s knowledge joins health planning
26 July 2024 Colombia Medicine Community agents contribute to pregnancy care
26 July 2024 Colombia Medicine A workshop predates its published report
10 July 2024 Brazil Medicine WHO reports on a Brazil traditional medicine dialogue
10 July 2024 Brazil Medicine Traditional knowledge enters an international policy forum
10 July 2024 Brazil Medicine Indigenous knowledge protection becomes a health issue
10 July 2024 Brazil Medicine A July report follows June meetings
5 July 2024 Japan Mathematics Publication reports newly identified works by Seki
5 July 2024 Japan Mathematics Manuscripts reveal how wasan knowledge circulated
5 July 2024 Japan Mathematics Seki's work is placed beside early modern global mathematics
5 July 2024 Japan Mathematics Discovery changes the historical archive
20 June 2024 Chad Medicine WHO validates Chad sleeping sickness milestone
20 June 2024 Chad Medicine Health workers pursue sleeping sickness cases
20 June 2024 Chad Medicine Tsetse-borne infection recedes in Chad
20 June 2024 Chad Medicine Chad joins regional elimination progress
19 June 2024 Africa Medicine WHO Africa releases sickle cell care guidance
19 June 2024 Africa Medicine Sickle cell patients gain a regional care framework
19 June 2024 Africa Medicine Training is part of sickle cell policy
19 June 2024 Africa Medicine African health systems address a major inherited condition
10 June 2024 International Mathematics Global review maps Indigenous mathematics research
10 June 2024 International Mathematics Twenty categories of cultural mathematics are identified
10 June 2024 International Mathematics The review challenges restrictive definitions of mathematics
10 June 2024 International Mathematics Decolonization is made a research method
18 May 2024 India Mathematics Study reassesses Madhava's correction terms for pi
18 May 2024 India Mathematics Kerala methods improve convergence
18 May 2024 India Mathematics Historical claims are tested critically
18 May 2024 India Mathematics Publication restores priority without simplifying history
10 May 2024 International Medicine WHO prequalifies a second dengue vaccine
10 May 2024 International Medicine Dengue immunization gains a further option
10 May 2024 International Medicine A WHO decision distinguishes eligibility from universal use
10 May 2024 International Medicine Mosquito-borne illness drives vaccine development
12 April 2024 Nigeria Medicine WHO reports on Nigeria’s five-in-one meningitis vaccine
12 April 2024 Nigeria Medicine Nigeria responds to a meningitis outbreak
12 April 2024 Nigeria Medicine A vaccine covers five meningococcal groups
12 April 2024 Nigeria Medicine April coverage recounts an earlier campaign
7 April 2024 Vanuatu Mathematics Study compares sand drawings in Oceania and Africa
7 April 2024 Vanuatu Mathematics Sand drawings embody graph-like structures
7 April 2024 Vanuatu Mathematics The paper questions European ownership of graph theory
7 April 2024 Vanuatu Mathematics Ethnomathematics links knowledge to community
22 March 2024 Ghana Medicine WHO publishes Ghanaian perspective on healing
22 March 2024 Ghana Medicine Ghanaian traditional practitioners enter primary care
22 March 2024 Ghana Medicine Medicinal plants receive research attention
22 March 2024 Ghana Medicine Traditional care requires standards and safety
21 March 2024 India Medicine WHO reports roadmap talks on traditional medicine
21 March 2024 India Medicine Traditional medicine discussions include over 40 countries
21 March 2024 India Medicine Health researchers meet practitioners and communities
21 March 2024 India Medicine Jamnagar centre seeks an evidence-led research plan
7 March 2024 India Mathematics Study reassesses mathematics in ancient India
7 March 2024 India Mathematics Concrete practices precede written algorithms
7 March 2024 India Mathematics The study warns against projecting later knowledge backward
7 March 2024 India Mathematics Critical history strengthens rather than diminishes Indian contributions
22 January 2024 Cameroon Medicine Cameroon begins a malaria vaccine rollout
22 January 2024 Cameroon Medicine Children receive a new prevention option
22 January 2024 Cameroon Medicine Routine services bring malaria vaccine to families
22 January 2024 Cameroon Medicine Malaria control calls for several protections
21 January 2024 Thailand Medicine WHO announces evidence-policy discussion on traditional medicine
21 January 2024 Thailand Medicine Thai conference programme raises health knowledge equity
21 January 2024 Thailand Medicine Traditional care appears in evidence-informed governance debate
21 January 2024 Thailand Medicine Gujarat summit agenda informs Thai policy discussion
12 January 2024 Cabo Verde Medicine WHO certifies Cabo Verde malaria free
12 January 2024 Cabo Verde Medicine Island health teams sustain malaria surveillance
12 January 2024 Cabo Verde Medicine A West African state reaches a malaria milestone
12 January 2024 Cabo Verde Medicine Certification concerns local malaria transmission
17 November 2023 India Medicine India and WHO sign traditional medicine cooperation agreement
17 November 2023 India Medicine Siddha training benchmarks enter international discussion
17 November 2023 India Medicine Herbal medicine safety modules are planned
17 November 2023 India Medicine International herbal reference work receives support
31 October 2023 Bangladesh Medicine WHO validates Bangladesh kala-azar elimination
31 October 2023 Bangladesh Medicine A second neglected disease reaches an elimination target
31 October 2023 Bangladesh Medicine Bangladesh health workers track visceral leishmaniasis
31 October 2023 Bangladesh Medicine Elimination does not mean that risk can be ignored
23 October 2023 International Medicine PAHO shares knowledge-dialogue method at Indigenous forum
23 October 2023 International Medicine Indigenous youth forum hears about ancestral midwifery
23 October 2023 International Medicine Traditional midwives contribute to a health manual
23 October 2023 International Medicine PAHO describes intercultural methods in Rome
2 October 2023 International Medicine WHO recommends the R21 malaria vaccine
2 October 2023 International Medicine A second vaccine broadens malaria prevention options
2 October 2023 International Medicine Malaria policy responds to vaccine supply needs
2 October 2023 International Medicine Vaccination remains one part of malaria control
31 August 2023 Africa Medicine African Traditional Medicine Day highlights practitioners
31 August 2023 Africa Medicine Indigenous health knowledge receives public attention
31 August 2023 Africa Medicine Evidence and safety enter the healing discussion
31 August 2023 Africa Medicine Health policy considers respectful integration
23 August 2023 India Astronomy Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon
23 August 2023 India Astronomy India reaches a southern lunar landing site
23 August 2023 India Astronomy Vikram prepares measurements on the surface
23 August 2023 India Astronomy Pragyan rover arrives with the lander
18 August 2023 India Medicine First WHO traditional medicine summit concludes in India
18 August 2023 India Medicine Traditional medicine summit brings countries together
18 August 2023 India Medicine Global summit discusses the limits of existing evidence
18 August 2023 India Medicine Indian-hosted summit links medicine and health policy
17 August 2023 India Medicine First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit opens
17 August 2023 India Medicine India hosts an international medicine summit
17 August 2023 India Medicine Ethiopian healing traditions enter the opening speech
17 August 2023 India Medicine Traditional knowledge meets public-health debate
10 August 2023 International Medicine WHO publishes a history of traditional medicine
10 August 2023 International Medicine Publication reviews ancient Asian and African variolation
10 August 2023 International Medicine Publication examines Chinese herbal malaria knowledge
10 August 2023 International Medicine Publication discusses Indigenous medicinal plants
25 July 2023 Brazil Medicine Rio hosts workshop on biodiversity and health knowledge
25 July 2023 Brazil Medicine Indigenous and Afro-descendant voices join medicine workshop
25 July 2023 Brazil Medicine Medicinal plants feature in Brazilian health dialogue
25 July 2023 Brazil Medicine Rio meeting links traditional care and conservation
3 July 2023 International Medicine Civil society and WHO discuss traditional care
3 July 2023 International Medicine Hundreds of organizations join a medicine dialogue
3 July 2023 International Medicine Community health knowledge enters global policy talks
3 July 2023 International Medicine WHO seeks evidence and safety in traditional care
23 June 2023 International Medicine WHO appoints advisers for traditional medicine summit
23 June 2023 International Medicine Summit advisers consider Indigenous knowledge rights
23 June 2023 International Medicine Traditional medicine advisers address biodiversity
23 June 2023 International Medicine WHO advisory group includes fair benefit-sharing
8 June 2023 Americas Medicine PAHO publishes feature on traditional midwives
8 June 2023 Americas Medicine Traditional midwives receive training on warning signs
8 June 2023 Americas Medicine Ancestral practice and clinical care meet in the Americas
8 June 2023 Americas Medicine Colombian traditional midwives appear in PAHO account
26 May 2023 International Medicine World Health Assembly extends traditional medicine plan
26 May 2023 International Medicine Countries prepare a successor traditional medicine strategy
26 May 2023 International Medicine Health ministers keep traditional care on WHO agenda
26 May 2023 International Medicine WHO strategy extension is a policy decision
23 May 2023 International Mathematics Publication rejects a global 'Dark Ages' narrative
23 May 2023 International Mathematics Mathematical traditions meet in translation centers
23 May 2023 International Mathematics The House of Wisdom symbolizes connected scholarship
23 May 2023 International Mathematics Period labels are shown to be geographically limited
13 May 2023 Bangladesh Medicine WHO validates a Bangladesh filariasis milestone
13 May 2023 Bangladesh Medicine Bangladesh curbs a mosquito-borne parasite
13 May 2023 Bangladesh Medicine Community work matters in filariasis control
13 May 2023 Bangladesh Medicine Elimination has a defined public health threshold
5 December 2022 Australia, South Africa Astronomy SKA telescope construction formally begins
5 December 2022 Australia, South Africa Astronomy Two continents host one radio observatory
5 December 2022 Australia, South Africa Astronomy South African and Australian teams celebrate ground works
5 December 2022 Australia, South Africa Astronomy A new astronomy infrastructure phase opens
31 August 2022 Africa Medicine WHO Africa reports traditional medicine policy gains
31 August 2022 Africa Medicine African medicine knowledge rights enter the policy picture
31 August 2022 Africa Medicine African states develop oversight of traditional practitioners
31 August 2022 Africa Medicine Research institutes study African traditional products
12 July 2022 International Astronomy Webb releases its first image collection
12 July 2022 International Astronomy A stellar nursery appears in infrared light
12 July 2022 International Astronomy A planetary nebula displays dying-star structures
12 July 2022 International Astronomy A distant planet receives an atmospheric spectrum
11 July 2022 International Astronomy Webb’s First Deep Field is unveiled
11 July 2022 International Astronomy Gravitational lensing fills a deep image
11 July 2022 International Astronomy An infrared view reaches faint galaxies
11 July 2022 International Astronomy A space telescope shows the distant universe
10 July 2022 Egypt Mathematics Study compares Egyptian and Chinese volume methods
10 July 2022 Egypt Mathematics Egyptian scribes calculate a frustum's volume
10 July 2022 Egypt Mathematics Liu Hui provides a cross-cultural explanatory model
10 July 2022 Egypt Mathematics The study criticizes Eurocentric interpretive habits
19 April 2022 India Medicine WHO traditional medicine centre breaks ground
19 April 2022 India Medicine Jamnagar hosts an international health initiative
19 April 2022 India Medicine India’s healing traditions enter global discussion
19 April 2022 India Medicine Traditional knowledge raises research questions
11 April 2022 International Medicine WHO advisers report evidence for one-dose HPV protection
11 April 2022 International Medicine Fewer doses may widen vaccine access
11 April 2022 International Medicine Cervical cancer prevention draws on new evidence
11 April 2022 International Medicine A scientific recommendation is reported in April
25 March 2022 India Medicine WHO and India announce a traditional medicine centre
25 March 2022 India Medicine Jamnagar centre plans evidence and learning work
25 March 2022 India Medicine Traditional medicine centre includes sustainability
25 March 2022 India Medicine India hosts new centre devoted to studying traditions
11 February 2022 South Africa Medicine South Africa mRNA vaccine hub reports progress
11 February 2022 South Africa Medicine Cape Town scientists build vaccine know-how
11 February 2022 South Africa Medicine African manufacturing becomes a health goal
11 February 2022 South Africa Medicine Vaccine technology transfer is discussed in Cape Town
1 January 2022 International Medicine ICD-11 takes effect with optional traditional medicine coding
1 January 2022 International Medicine East Asian medical categories enter a global classification
1 January 2022 International Medicine Traditional medicine coding supports comparable records
1 January 2022 International Medicine Medical classification is distinct from proof of treatment
26 December 2021 Iraq Mathematics Study argues for Babylonian function-value methods
26 December 2021 Iraq Mathematics The reconstruction uses Babylonian measurement practices
26 December 2021 Iraq Mathematics A contested interpretation is presented as a hypothesis
26 December 2021 Iraq Mathematics Debate itself becomes part of mathematical history
25 December 2021 French Guiana Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope launches
25 December 2021 French Guiana Astronomy Three space agencies begin a shared observatory mission
25 December 2021 French Guiana Astronomy An infrared telescope begins its journey
25 December 2021 French Guiana Astronomy Webb starts a months-long commissioning period
6 October 2021 International Medicine WHO recommends RTS,S malaria vaccine
6 October 2021 International Medicine Malaria vaccination becomes part of prevention policy
6 October 2021 International Medicine A new vaccine supplements existing measures
6 October 2021 International Medicine African pilots inform a global recommendation
13 September 2021 Nigeria Medicine Nigeria marks traditional medicine day in Abuja
13 September 2021 Nigeria Medicine Nigeria discusses local manufacturing of medical products
13 September 2021 Nigeria Medicine Nigerian medicine policy review is raised at the gathering
13 September 2021 Nigeria Medicine Traditional remedies for COVID-19 remain a research issue
28 January 2021 International Medicine WHO launches a neglected diseases road map
28 January 2021 International Medicine Twenty neglected diseases enter a shared plan
28 January 2021 International Medicine Clean water and health care matter for disease control
28 January 2021 International Medicine A decade-long programme begins with a launch
5 December 2020 Eastern Africa Medicine UNESCO reports Eastern African medicine discussion
5 December 2020 Eastern Africa Medicine African medicine webinar weighs knowledge and evidence
5 December 2020 Eastern Africa Medicine UNESCO relates health traditions to heritage
5 December 2020 Eastern Africa Medicine African medical knowledge rights enter pandemic debate
17 November 2020 International Medicine WHO publishes a cervical cancer elimination strategy
17 November 2020 International Medicine HPV vaccination becomes part of a cancer plan
17 November 2020 International Medicine Screening and treatment join cancer prevention
17 November 2020 International Medicine A dated strategy sets goals for governments
19 September 2020 Africa Medicine African panel endorses herbal trial protocol
19 September 2020 Africa Medicine Safety monitoring enters proposed herbal trials
19 September 2020 Africa Medicine African herbal research adopts a common trial design
19 September 2020 Africa Medicine Expert panel distinguishes proposed cures from proven ones
25 August 2020 Africa Medicine WHO African Region is certified free of wild polio
25 August 2020 Africa Medicine African vaccination teams reach a major goal
25 August 2020 Africa Medicine Wild poliovirus certification has precise limits
25 August 2020 Africa Medicine Regional eradication follows decades of work
22 July 2020 Africa Medicine African expert panel on traditional remedies is launched
22 July 2020 Africa Medicine African scientists seek evidence for traditional treatments
22 July 2020 Africa Medicine Regional panel brings African research expertise together
22 July 2020 Africa Medicine WHO Africa stresses rigorous clinical testing
30 June 2020 Africa Astronomy Study examines celestial women in African traditions
30 June 2020 Africa Astronomy Women use lunar cycles as embodied calendars
30 June 2020 Africa Astronomy African Indigenous astronomy is internally diverse
30 June 2020 Africa Astronomy Gender analysis reveals neglected astronomical knowledge
14 March 2020 International Mathematics First International Day of Mathematics is celebrated
14 March 2020 International Mathematics Mathematics is framed as a public resource
14 March 2020 International Mathematics Global celebration can broaden historical narratives
14 March 2020 International Mathematics Access remains an issue in mathematical education
3 February 2020 United States Astronomy NASA publishes a global solar-science timeline
3 February 2020 United States Astronomy Naked-eye observation produces long solar records
3 February 2020 United States Astronomy Ancient records complement modern instruments
3 February 2020 United States Astronomy Public timelines can correct narrow origin stories
12 January 2020 China Medicine China publicly shares the new coronavirus sequence
12 January 2020 China Medicine An outbreak becomes a shared genomic challenge
12 January 2020 China Medicine Researchers can design specific tests
12 January 2020 China Medicine Early pandemic science crosses borders
7 January 2020 Colombia Mathematics Study tests the numerical accuracy of Plimpton 322
7 January 2020 Colombia Mathematics Ancient sexagesimal calculation is compared with machine accuracy
7 January 2020 Colombia Mathematics The publication connects ancient and modern computation
7 January 2020 Colombia Mathematics Researchers from Colombia contribute to Babylonian historiography
12 November 2019 International Medicine WHO prequalifies an Ebola vaccine
12 November 2019 International Medicine Ebola prevention becomes easier to supply
12 November 2019 International Medicine A vaccine decision follows African outbreak research
12 November 2019 International Medicine Regulatory review is distinct from an outbreak’s end
3 September 2019 Ghana Medicine Ghana observes seventeenth African Traditional Medicine Day
3 September 2019 Ghana Medicine Ghana celebration highlights traditional medicine research
3 September 2019 Ghana Medicine African researchers examine medicinal products for priority diseases
3 September 2019 Ghana Medicine Traditional medicine day brings Ghanaian health actors together
20 May 2019 International Medicine WHO releases a global report on traditional medicine
20 May 2019 International Medicine Traditional medicine report draws on 179 countries
20 May 2019 International Medicine WHO report counts products, practices and practitioners
20 May 2019 International Medicine Traditional medicine becomes more visible in health statistics
23 April 2019 Malawi Medicine Malawi launches a pilot malaria vaccine programme
23 April 2019 Malawi Medicine A malaria vaccine enters routine delivery
23 April 2019 Malawi Medicine Health workers add protection against malaria
23 April 2019 Malawi Medicine Malawi helps generate real-world vaccine evidence
10 April 2019 International Astronomy First black-hole image is unveiled
10 April 2019 International Astronomy Global telescopes act as one instrument
10 April 2019 International Astronomy M87’s bright ring enters public view
10 April 2019 International Astronomy A worldwide collaboration reveals an unseen object
21 December 2018 Uzbekistan Mathematics UNESCO publishes a study of science along the Silk Roads
21 December 2018 Uzbekistan Mathematics Indian, Persian and Greek methods meet in Central Asia
21 December 2018 Uzbekistan Mathematics Ulugh Beg's observatory represents institutional mathematics
21 December 2018 Uzbekistan Mathematics Silk Roads history replaces the idea of isolated civilizations
21 December 2018 International Astronomy UNESCO traces astronomy along the Silk Roads
21 December 2018 International Astronomy Translation changes astronomical knowledge
21 December 2018 International Astronomy Observatories require institutions and teamwork
21 December 2018 International Astronomy Silk Roads history challenges isolated-civilization stories
25 October 2018 Kazakhstan Medicine Astana conference renews primary health care pledge
25 October 2018 Kazakhstan Medicine Alma-Ata’s agenda is revisited in Astana
25 October 2018 Kazakhstan Medicine Universal health coverage needs local services
25 October 2018 Kazakhstan Medicine Countries reconnect medicine with social needs
26 September 2018 International Medicine World leaders make tuberculosis treatment commitments
26 September 2018 International Medicine TB care reaches the UN General Assembly
26 September 2018 International Medicine Countries promise stronger tuberculosis responses
26 September 2018 International Medicine A declaration sets goals that need delivery
31 August 2018 Ghana Medicine Ghana marks African Traditional Medicine Day in Kumasi
31 August 2018 Ghana Medicine Kumasi gathering discusses local medicine manufacturing
31 August 2018 Ghana Medicine Ghanaian researcher calls for safer herbal products
31 August 2018 Ghana Medicine Kumasi gathering calls for practitioner–researcher cooperation
31 August 2018 Nigeria Medicine Nigeria discusses practitioners’ intellectual property rights
31 August 2018 Nigeria Medicine Traditional practitioners’ knowledge raises ownership questions
31 August 2018 Nigeria Medicine Nigerian traditional medicine enters a policy discussion
31 August 2018 Nigeria Medicine Nigeria considers recognition of inherited medicinal knowledge
13 July 2018 South Africa Astronomy MeerKAT is inaugurated in South Africa
13 July 2018 South Africa Astronomy MeerKAT reveals the Milky Way’s centre
13 July 2018 South Africa Astronomy African radio astronomy gains a powerful array
13 July 2018 South Africa Astronomy MeerKAT prepares a path toward the SKA
1 June 2018 Japan Mathematics Publication reconstructs Edo-period soroban arithmetic
1 June 2018 Japan Mathematics The soroban supports fast place-value calculation
1 June 2018 Japan Mathematics Wasan combined theory with practical computation
1 June 2018 Japan Mathematics Historical techniques are presented as working mathematics
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy British Museum publishes a guide to Islamic astrolabes
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Astrolabes calculate time and celestial altitude
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Instrument makers combine craft and astronomy
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Islamic scholars transform an ancient device
8 November 2017 International Medicine WHO announces support for child Chagas treatment
8 November 2017 International Medicine Children need treatment for Chagas disease
8 November 2017 International Medicine A neglected disease receives medicine-access support
8 November 2017 International Medicine Drug availability requires partnerships
19 August 2017 United States Mathematics Publication explains the mathematics of eclipse prediction
19 August 2017 United States Mathematics Eclipse calculation builds on many civilizations
19 August 2017 United States Mathematics Prediction depends on models and measurement
19 August 2017 United States Mathematics A modern eclipse reveals a long history of knowledge exchange
17 August 2017 International Astronomy Neutron-star merger sends gravitational waves
17 August 2017 International Astronomy Multiple telescopes follow one cosmic event
17 August 2017 International Astronomy A gamma-ray burst accompanies the merger
17 August 2017 International Astronomy Multi-messenger astronomy records GW170817
5 July 2017 South Africa Mathematics Public lecture addresses Basotho mathematical knowledge
5 July 2017 South Africa Mathematics Basotho knowledge is connected to counting and design
5 July 2017 South Africa Mathematics Decolonial history asks who defines mathematics
5 July 2017 South Africa Mathematics The date belongs to the archived lecture publication
30 January 2017 Japan Mathematics Study solves sangaku with traditional techniques
30 January 2017 Japan Mathematics Sangaku joins mathematics, art and worship
30 January 2017 Japan Mathematics Tenzan jutsu provides a culturally specific algebra
30 January 2017 Japan Mathematics Publication recovers mathematics practiced beyond universities
23 December 2016 Guinea Medicine WHO announces final Ebola vaccine trial results
23 December 2016 Guinea Medicine Guinean communities support vaccine research
23 December 2016 Guinea Medicine Ring vaccination targets contacts
23 December 2016 Guinea Medicine Vaccine evidence follows a West African emergency
25 September 2016 China Astronomy FAST radio telescope achieves first light
25 September 2016 China Astronomy A giant single-dish telescope enters testing
25 September 2016 China Astronomy China expands radio-astronomy capacity
25 September 2016 China Astronomy Guizhou becomes a global radio-astronomy site
8 July 2016 Australia Astronomy Review connects Aboriginal astronomy and navigation
8 July 2016 Australia Astronomy Songlines function as oral maps
8 July 2016 Australia Astronomy Unexpected events enter oral records
8 July 2016 Australia Astronomy Astronomy education can support cross-cultural understanding
27 March 2016 India Medicine WHO welcomes India’s routine rotavirus vaccine
27 March 2016 India Medicine India adds protection against severe diarrhoea
27 March 2016 India Medicine An Indian vaccination programme begins phased delivery
27 March 2016 India Medicine Rotavirus vaccine joins other child-health measures
11 February 2016 United States Astronomy First gravitational-wave detection is announced
11 February 2016 United States Astronomy A new way to study the cosmos is introduced
11 February 2016 United States Astronomy Black-hole merger enters public scientific record
11 February 2016 United States Astronomy Gabriela González speaks for a global team
15 January 2016 Iraq Mathematics Study surveys mathematics in the medieval Arab caliphates
15 January 2016 Iraq Mathematics Al-Khwarizmi's algebra is presented as systematic problem solving
15 January 2016 Iraq Mathematics Arabic mathematical terminology enters global education
15 January 2016 Iraq Mathematics The publication argues for mutual respect in mathematics teaching
14 October 2015 Mexico Medicine WHO verifies Mexico free of river blindness
14 October 2015 Mexico Medicine Mexican communities end a neglected infection
14 October 2015 Mexico Medicine Mexico adds to progress in the Americas
14 October 2015 Mexico Medicine River blindness control extends beyond clinics
5 October 2015 Sweden Medicine Tu Youyou is named a medicine Nobel laureate
5 October 2015 Sweden Medicine Traditional Chinese knowledge gains world recognition
5 October 2015 Sweden Medicine Parasitic-disease medicines receive a shared prize
5 October 2015 Sweden Medicine A malaria discovery receives overdue visibility
31 August 2015 Africa Medicine African Traditional Medicine Day focuses on regulation
31 August 2015 Africa Medicine Regional theme addresses practitioner qualifications
31 August 2015 Africa Medicine Safety becomes a focus of traditional medicine observance
31 August 2015 Africa Medicine African practitioners enter health governance debate
14 July 2015 United States Astronomy New Horizons flies past Pluto
14 July 2015 United States Astronomy Pluto’s surface is observed at close range
14 July 2015 United States Astronomy Charon enters a historic flyby
14 July 2015 United States Astronomy The Kuiper Belt becomes a nearby field site
30 June 2015 Cuba Medicine WHO validates a Cuban maternal-health milestone
30 June 2015 Cuba Medicine Prenatal care helps prevent HIV transmission
30 June 2015 Cuba Medicine Syphilis prevention joins HIV prevention
30 June 2015 Cuba Medicine A validation uses public-health thresholds
15 March 2015 Kazakhstan Mathematics Study links Kazakh culture and mathematics education
15 March 2015 Kazakhstan Mathematics Local practices become sources for mathematical learning
15 March 2015 Kazakhstan Mathematics Ethnomathematics questions a culture-free curriculum
15 March 2015 Kazakhstan Mathematics Publication date anchors a longer cultural history
3 November 2014 Benin Medicine Benin’s president opens African health meeting in Cotonou
3 November 2014 Benin Medicine Benin leader calls for cooperation across medical systems
3 November 2014 Benin Medicine Traditional medicine appears in epidemic-era policy discussion
3 November 2014 Benin Medicine African health debate includes South–South cooperation
1 October 2014 Ecuador Medicine WHO declares Ecuador free of river blindness
1 October 2014 Ecuador Medicine Treatment campaigns protect Ecuadorian communities
1 October 2014 Ecuador Medicine Ecuador follows Colombia in eliminating onchocerciasis
1 October 2014 Ecuador Medicine A public health victory requires continuing vigilance
13 August 2014 South Korea Mathematics Maryam Mirzakhani becomes the first woman awarded a Fields Medal
13 August 2014 South Korea Mathematics Artur Avila becomes the first Brazilian Fields Medalist
13 August 2014 South Korea Mathematics The 2014 medalists reflect transnational mathematics
13 August 2014 South Korea Mathematics Recognition exposes the Fields Medal's long gender gap
8 August 2014 West Africa Medicine West African Ebola outbreak is declared a global emergency
8 August 2014 West Africa Medicine Ebola response requires cross-border coordination
8 August 2014 West Africa Medicine Health workers face an escalating Ebola crisis
8 August 2014 West Africa Medicine Emergency designation highlights a regional epidemic
23 May 2014 International Medicine World Health Assembly approves a traditional medicine strategy
23 May 2014 International Medicine Traditional medicine strategy calls for reliable knowledge
23 May 2014 International Medicine Traditional medicine strategy emphasizes safety
23 May 2014 International Medicine Traditional medicine strategy addresses effectiveness
27 March 2014 South and Southeast Asia Medicine WHO South-East Asia Region is certified polio free
27 March 2014 South and Southeast Asia Medicine India joins a certified polio-free region
27 March 2014 South and Southeast Asia Medicine Regional health systems achieve a polio milestone
27 March 2014 South and Southeast Asia Medicine Certification concerns wild poliovirus transmission
7 October 2013 India Mathematics Publication visits the Gwalior zero inscription
7 October 2013 India Mathematics Gwalior preserves zero within place-value numerals
7 October 2013 India Mathematics The article traces numerals from India through the Islamic world
7 October 2013 India Mathematics Mathematical and philosophical ideas of emptiness are compared
3 October 2013 Mozambique Medicine WHO reports traditional medicine gathering in Mozambique
3 October 2013 Mozambique Medicine Mozambique presents land for medicinal plant cultivation
3 October 2013 Mozambique Medicine Mozambique traditional medicine institute joins public discussion
3 October 2013 Mozambique Medicine Traditional practitioners and clinics discuss referral links
9 September 2013 Republic of the Congo Medicine WHO reports African medicine policy discussion
9 September 2013 Republic of the Congo Medicine African health ministers address traditional medicine
9 September 2013 Republic of the Congo Medicine Traditional knowledge enters wider African health planning
9 September 2013 Republic of the Congo Medicine Regional health meeting frames medicine as policy issue
6 September 2013 Colombia Medicine WHO publishes Colombia river blindness verification
6 September 2013 Colombia Medicine Colombian communities help stop river blindness
6 September 2013 Colombia Medicine A worm infection loses its foothold
6 September 2013 Colombia Medicine A 2013 report documents a national first
11 June 2013 India Astronomy Study investigates Gond astronomy
11 June 2013 India Astronomy Gond constellations organize the sky differently
11 June 2013 India Astronomy Astronomy is linked with seasonal and social knowledge
11 June 2013 India Astronomy Living knowledge is not merely an ancient survival
5 June 2013 Australia Astronomy Overview consolidates Aboriginal astronomy research
5 June 2013 Australia Astronomy Observation is embedded in law and culture
5 June 2013 Australia Astronomy Cardinal directions can be determined from the sky
5 June 2013 Australia Astronomy Cultural astronomy broadens the history of science
21 December 2012 Mexico Mathematics Publication explains the Maya calendar and zero
21 December 2012 Mexico Mathematics The Maya combine cycles of different lengths
21 December 2012 Mexico Mathematics Maya numerals use a vigesimal place-value system
21 December 2012 Mexico Mathematics The article counters apocalyptic misreadings
31 August 2012 Africa Medicine Tenth African Traditional Medicine Day is observed
31 August 2012 Africa Medicine African medicine day asks about its impact
31 August 2012 Africa Medicine WHO reviews practitioner and product policy progress
31 August 2012 Africa Medicine Traditional medicine remains on the regional health agenda
4 April 2012 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mathematics Study proposes a base-twelve reading of the Ishango bone
4 April 2012 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mathematics The Ishango markings are examined as structured number groups
4 April 2012 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mathematics The study places Africa in deep mathematical history
4 April 2012 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mathematics Interpretation remains explicitly provisional
5 October 2011 United States Medicine Native Voices exhibition opens
5 October 2011 United States Medicine Indigenous healing knowledge receives a public platform
5 October 2011 United States Medicine A medical library presents community voices
5 October 2011 United States Medicine Wellness is discussed in cultural context
17 September 2011 Iraq Mathematics Study investigates the numbers behind Plimpton 322
17 September 2011 Iraq Mathematics Reciprocal pairs explain the tablet's organization
17 September 2011 Iraq Mathematics Missing rows are predicted mathematically
17 September 2011 Iraq Mathematics Historical context changes mathematical interpretation
7 September 2011 The Gambia Medicine The Gambia launches Traditional Medicines Day at Kanifing
7 September 2011 The Gambia Medicine Gambian traditional healers help organize a health event
7 September 2011 The Gambia Medicine Gambian minister states support for traditional medicine
7 September 2011 The Gambia Medicine Local practitioners become partners in a public ceremony
31 August 2011 Africa Medicine African Traditional Medicine Day is marked in 2011
31 August 2011 Africa Medicine Medicinal plants feature in regional health discussion
31 August 2011 Africa Medicine African medicine day raises biodiversity questions
31 August 2011 Africa Medicine Regional message reviews an African medicine decade
4 July 2011 United States Astronomy Hubble records its millionth science observation
4 July 2011 United States Astronomy An exoplanet supplies Hubble’s milestone target
4 July 2011 United States Astronomy Long-lived telescope passes a million observations
4 July 2011 United States Astronomy Atmosphere research meets a space-telescope milestone
26 April 2011 Rwanda Medicine Rwanda launches its national HPV vaccination campaign
26 April 2011 Rwanda Medicine Rwandan girls receive HPV vaccine
26 April 2011 Rwanda Medicine Schools and community workers support prevention
26 April 2011 Rwanda Medicine An African country pioneers national HPV immunization
10 March 2011 Australia Astronomy Study bridges Indigenous and academic astronomy
10 March 2011 Australia Astronomy Aboriginal traditions record eclipses and variable stars
10 March 2011 Australia Astronomy Sky knowledge supports navigation and timekeeping
10 March 2011 Australia Astronomy Collaboration must address colonial power
13 January 2011 India Medicine India records its last wild polio case
13 January 2011 India Medicine A West Bengal child becomes the last recorded case
13 January 2011 India Medicine Years of polio outreach approach a turning point
13 January 2011 India Medicine The final case is distinct from later certification
6 May 2010 Bhutan Medicine Bhutan starts a national HPV vaccination programme
6 May 2010 Bhutan Medicine Cancer prevention reaches Bhutanese girls
6 May 2010 Bhutan Medicine A low-income country leads an HPV rollout
6 May 2010 Bhutan Medicine A vaccination launch begins a longer programme
31 March 2010 Iraq Mathematics Study surveys interpretations of Plimpton 322
31 March 2010 Iraq Mathematics Babylonian Pythagorean triples are reconsidered
31 March 2010 Iraq Mathematics The paper warns against imposing modern trigonometry
31 March 2010 Iraq Mathematics Babylonian mathematics is restored to world history
18 February 2010 India Mathematics Study presents Aryabhata's mathematics
18 February 2010 India Mathematics Aryabhata's algorithms are linked to computation
18 February 2010 India Mathematics Indian sine methods receive renewed attention
18 February 2010 India Mathematics The publication challenges a Greece-to-Europe-only narrative
1 February 2010 International Mathematics Publication highlights scientific advances from Muslim societies
1 February 2010 International Mathematics Algebra is situated in an Arabic scholarly network
1 February 2010 International Mathematics Translation is presented as creative scholarship
1 February 2010 International Mathematics Public history challenges the idea of a European miracle
14 December 2009 Egypt Mathematics Study revisits Egyptian unit fractions
14 December 2009 Egypt Mathematics The Rhind tradition informs a modern conjecture
14 December 2009 Egypt Mathematics Egyptian notation is examined on its own terms
14 December 2009 Egypt Mathematics A modern paper provides an exact date for an ancient theme
31 May 2009 Australia Astronomy Study presents Aboriginal Australian astronomy
31 May 2009 Australia Astronomy The Emu in the Sky uses dark clouds as a constellation
31 May 2009 Australia Astronomy Celestial cycles guide food and seasonal knowledge
31 May 2009 Australia Astronomy The study challenges a writing-only definition of science
10 March 2009 India Astronomy Publication surveys Hindu astronomy and ephemerides
10 March 2009 India Astronomy Indian star names are connected with modern coordinates
10 March 2009 India Astronomy Solar and lunar cycles structure calendars
10 March 2009 India Astronomy Tables preserve procedural astronomy
22 October 2008 India Astronomy Chandrayaan-1 launches toward the Moon
22 October 2008 India Astronomy Indian planetary exploration reaches lunar orbit plans
22 October 2008 India Astronomy A lunar spacecraft carries international experiments
22 October 2008 India Astronomy A Moon mission begins at Sriharikota
10 January 2008 Peru Mathematics Study analyzes a calendar quipu
10 January 2008 Peru Mathematics Quipu is interpreted as structured information
10 January 2008 Peru Mathematics The research compares quipu data with Cusco's sky
10 January 2008 Peru Mathematics Andean mathematics is treated as more than written numerals
31 August 2007 Republic of the Congo Medicine African regional health meeting ends in Brazzaville
31 August 2007 Republic of the Congo Medicine Traditional medicine appears in African health diplomacy
31 August 2007 Republic of the Congo Medicine Regional health ministers consider traditional practice
31 August 2007 Republic of the Congo Medicine African committee records a medicine declaration
24 July 2007 India Mathematics Study distinguishes different meanings of zero
24 July 2007 India Mathematics The publication reopens debate over numeral origins
24 July 2007 India Mathematics Zero is examined as a transmitted concept
24 July 2007 India Mathematics Publication date anchors an older mathematical history
4 May 2007 Brazil Medicine Brazil issues a compulsory licence for efavirenz
4 May 2007 Brazil Medicine HIV treatment costs enter a patent debate
4 May 2007 Brazil Medicine A state uses a public-interest medicines tool
4 May 2007 Brazil Medicine Access to antiretroviral therapy drives policy
31 August 2006 Africa Medicine Fourth African Traditional Medicine Day is observed
31 August 2006 Africa Medicine African medicine message connects care and public health
31 August 2006 Africa Medicine Regional director addresses inherited medical knowledge
31 August 2006 Africa Medicine African Traditional Medicine Day continues advocacy
27 May 2006 International Medicine World Health Assembly adopts sickle cell resolution
27 May 2006 International Medicine Sickle cell care receives international attention
27 May 2006 International Medicine A hereditary condition enters global policy
27 May 2006 International Medicine Health workers and families gain a policy mandate
24 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine Brazzaville medical knowledge workshop adopts guidelines
24 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine African workshop calls for adaptable national legislation
24 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine Traditional medicine protection includes biodiversity
24 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine African workshop discusses fair returns to knowledge holders
21 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine Brazzaville workshop on African medical knowledge opens
21 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine African health practitioners enter rights discussion
21 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine WHO and African Union consider knowledge protection
21 March 2006 Republic of the Congo Medicine Brazzaville speakers raise benefit-sharing
10 November 2005 South Africa Astronomy Southern African Large Telescope is inaugurated
10 November 2005 South Africa Astronomy Southern Africa hosts a major optical telescope
10 November 2005 South Africa Astronomy SALT opens as an international partnership
10 November 2005 South Africa Astronomy A post-apartheid science project reaches a milestone
31 August 2005 Africa Medicine WHO calls for practitioner role in HIV prevention
31 August 2005 Africa Medicine Traditional practitioners are asked to support HIV education
31 August 2005 Africa Medicine African HIV response considers community health networks
31 August 2005 Africa Medicine HIV prevention appeal emphasizes public health cooperation
11 July 2005 United States Astronomy NASA explains eclipses and Earth's changing rotation
11 July 2005 United States Astronomy Babylonian Saros cycles support eclipse prediction
11 July 2005 United States Astronomy Halley uses ancient records in early modern astronomy
11 July 2005 United States Astronomy Time itself becomes an astronomical variable
23 May 2005 International Medicine World Health Assembly adopts revised health regulations
23 May 2005 International Medicine Outbreak reporting becomes a shared responsibility
23 May 2005 International Medicine International health law prepares for new threats
23 May 2005 International Medicine Adoption precedes legal entry into force
27 August 2004 Africa Medicine WHO Africa urges respect for traditional practitioners
27 August 2004 Africa Medicine Regional director proposes cooperation between medical systems
27 August 2004 Africa Medicine African traditional medicine enters professional dialogue
27 August 2004 Africa Medicine WHO Africa frames traditional care as part of health access
31 August 2003 Africa Medicine Africa observes its first Traditional Medicine Day
31 August 2003 Africa Medicine WHO calls for recognition of African traditional care
31 August 2003 Africa Medicine Traditional practitioners gain a regional advocacy day
31 August 2003 Africa Medicine African health systems debate traditional medicine
21 May 2003 International Medicine World Health Assembly adopts tobacco-control treaty
21 May 2003 International Medicine Tobacco-related disease reaches a treaty agenda
21 May 2003 International Medicine The first WHO-negotiated health treaty is adopted
21 May 2003 International Medicine Governments plan action beyond clinical care
14 April 2003 International Medicine Human Genome Project completion is announced
14 April 2003 International Medicine A reference sequence becomes a shared resource
14 April 2003 International Medicine Many countries contribute to genome sequencing
14 April 2003 International Medicine Medical genomics gains a powerful research tool
31 January 2003 International Astronomy Study compares Babylonian and Indian astronomy
31 January 2003 International Astronomy Exchange and independent development are both considered
31 January 2003 International Astronomy Astronomical knowledge travels through connected regions
31 January 2003 International Astronomy Comparative history requires caution
5 July 2002 South Africa Medicine Court orders wider access to HIV prevention
5 July 2002 South Africa Medicine Treatment Action Campaign wins a key judgment
5 July 2002 South Africa Medicine A medicine access dispute reaches the highest court
5 July 2002 South Africa Medicine Constitutional rights shape public health policy
28 January 2002 International Medicine Global Fund board meets for the first time
28 January 2002 International Medicine HIV, TB and malaria gain a joint financing institution
28 January 2002 International Medicine Early decisions shape funding oversight
28 January 2002 International Medicine A governing meeting precedes programme results
14 November 2001 Qatar Medicine Doha Declaration backs access to medicines
14 November 2001 Qatar Medicine Trade ministers discuss patent flexibilities
14 November 2001 Qatar Medicine Medicines access becomes a global trade issue
14 November 2001 Qatar Medicine A ministerial declaration clarifies policy options
15 January 2001 India Astronomy Study surveys the birth of Indian astronomy
15 January 2001 India Astronomy Calendrical astronomy is linked to ritual organization
15 January 2001 India Astronomy The paper argues for early mathematical astronomy in India
15 January 2001 India Astronomy Publication date anchors ancient material responsibly
6 October 1995 Switzerland Astronomy 51 Pegasi b is announced
6 October 1995 Switzerland Astronomy A hot Jupiter challenges expectations
6 October 1995 Switzerland Astronomy Stellar wobble reveals another world
6 October 1995 Switzerland Astronomy Exoplanet studies enter a new phase
13 September 1994 Egypt Medicine Cairo conference adopts a population and development plan
13 September 1994 Egypt Medicine Reproductive health becomes a development priority
13 September 1994 Egypt Medicine A global meeting moves beyond population targets
13 September 1994 Egypt Medicine Cairo plan requires later implementation
24 April 1990 United States Astronomy Hubble Space Telescope launches
24 April 1990 United States Astronomy A space observatory begins its journey
24 April 1990 United States Astronomy Astronomy receives a serviceable orbital telescope
24 April 1990 United States Astronomy An international astronomy project reaches orbit
21 September 1988 United States Astronomy JPL reports research using ancient Chinese eclipse records
21 September 1988 United States Astronomy Historical astronomy becomes geophysical evidence
21 September 1988 United States Astronomy Chinese archives extend the observational baseline
21 September 1988 United States Astronomy Cross-cultural collaboration reinterprets court records
13 May 1988 International Medicine World Health Assembly sets a polio eradication goal
13 May 1988 International Medicine National vaccination programmes receive a global target
13 May 1988 International Medicine Polio eradication becomes an international campaign
13 May 1988 International Medicine An eradication target is set, not yet achieved
20 May 1983 France Medicine A scientific report describes the virus later named HIV
20 May 1983 France Medicine A woman virologist helps identify an AIDS-related virus
20 May 1983 France Medicine Laboratory findings reshape AIDS research
20 May 1983 France Medicine An epidemic gains a biological research target
21 May 1981 International Medicine World Health Assembly adopts a breast-milk substitutes code
21 May 1981 International Medicine Infant feeding marketing gains public health rules
21 May 1981 International Medicine Governments receive infant-feeding guidance
21 May 1981 International Medicine A 1981 code responds to marketing concerns
8 May 1980 International Medicine World Health Assembly declares smallpox eradicated
8 May 1980 International Medicine Global health workers end smallpox transmission
8 May 1980 International Medicine An earlier African and Asian practice has a long legacy
8 May 1980 International Medicine Smallpox becomes the first eradicated human disease
12 September 1978 Kazakhstan Medicine Alma-Ata primary health care conference closes
12 September 1978 Kazakhstan Medicine Alma-Ata calls for health for all
12 September 1978 Kazakhstan Medicine Communities gain a voice in health planning
12 September 1978 Kazakhstan Medicine Health care is linked to social conditions
25 July 1978 United Kingdom Medicine Louise Brown is born after IVF
25 July 1978 United Kingdom Medicine A reproductive-medicine technique reaches a family
25 July 1978 United Kingdom Medicine Oldham hospital marks a fertility milestone
25 July 1978 United Kingdom Medicine Patients belong in the history of IVF
30 January 1978 International Medicine WHO dates a report on essential drugs
30 January 1978 International Medicine Medicine selection begins with health needs
30 January 1978 International Medicine A small list guides medicine policy
30 January 1978 International Medicine Report date follows the experts’ meeting
26 October 1977 Somalia Medicine The last natural smallpox case begins
26 October 1977 Somalia Medicine A Somali patient enters eradication history
26 October 1977 Somalia Medicine Surveillance identifies an end-stage outbreak
26 October 1977 Somalia Medicine The final natural case precedes formal eradication
5 September 1977 United States Astronomy Voyager 1 launches on a faster course
5 September 1977 United States Astronomy A probe sets out for Jupiter and Saturn
5 September 1977 United States Astronomy Voyager 1 carries a Golden Record
5 September 1977 United States Astronomy Twin Voyager missions are underway
20 August 1977 United States Astronomy Voyager 2 launches first
20 August 1977 United States Astronomy A probe begins the grand tour
20 August 1977 United States Astronomy An outer-planet observatory leaves Earth
20 August 1977 United States Astronomy Voyager 2 carries a Golden Record
12 May 1977 Iran Mathematics Maryam Mirzakhani is born
12 May 1977 Iran Mathematics Mirzakhani studies moduli spaces
12 May 1977 Iran Mathematics Iranian mathematical education supports an international career
12 May 1977 Iran Mathematics Mirzakhani becomes a symbol for women in mathematics
19 April 1975 India Astronomy India’s Aryabhata satellite launches
19 April 1975 India Astronomy Indian scientists place a spacecraft in orbit
19 April 1975 India Astronomy An Indian satellite flies through Soviet cooperation
19 April 1975 India Astronomy Aryabhata honors an Indian astronomer
23 May 1974 International Medicine World Health Assembly creates an immunization programme
23 May 1974 International Medicine Routine vaccines become an international priority
23 May 1974 International Medicine Immunization needs local delivery systems
23 May 1974 International Medicine An international vaccine framework is adopted
14 November 1971 United States Astronomy Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars
14 November 1971 United States Astronomy Mars gains a robotic satellite
14 November 1971 United States Astronomy An orbiter prepares to map Mars
14 November 1971 United States Astronomy Planetary exploration moves beyond flybys
4 October 1971 China Medicine Tu Youyou’s team records a promising extract
4 October 1971 China Medicine A historical Chinese remedy guides research
4 October 1971 China Medicine Laboratory testing advances malaria treatment
4 October 1971 China Medicine A Chinese team takes a pivotal malaria step
20 July 1969 Moon Mathematics Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
20 July 1969 Moon Mathematics Katherine Johnson's mathematics supports Apollo
20 July 1969 Moon Mathematics Human and electronic computers share responsibility
20 July 1969 Moon Mathematics The Moon landing reflects Cold War priorities
20 July 1969 United States Astronomy Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
20 July 1969 United States Astronomy A lunar landing makes field science possible
20 July 1969 United States Astronomy Collins maintains lunar orbit
20 July 1969 United States Astronomy A human crew reaches another world
3 December 1967 South Africa Medicine A human heart is transplanted in Cape Town
3 December 1967 South Africa Medicine Louis Washkansky receives a donor heart
3 December 1967 South Africa Medicine An entire hospital team supports the operation
3 December 1967 South Africa Medicine A transplant milestone occurs under apartheid
2 July 1967 International Astronomy Vela satellites detect a gamma-ray burst
2 July 1967 International Astronomy A brief high-energy flash enters satellite records
2 July 1967 International Astronomy Unexpected data opens a branch of astronomy
2 July 1967 International Astronomy A signal awaits astronomical interpretation
16 June 1963 Kazakhstan Astronomy Tereshkova launches aboard Vostok 6
16 June 1963 Kazakhstan Astronomy A woman joins human orbital flight
16 June 1963 Kazakhstan Astronomy Vostok 6 expands who can enter space
16 June 1963 Kazakhstan Astronomy Human observation of Earth gains a new participant
14 December 1962 United States Astronomy Mariner 2 flies past Venus
14 December 1962 United States Astronomy Venus is examined by instruments in space
14 December 1962 United States Astronomy A robotic probe reaches another planet
14 December 1962 United States Astronomy Planetary science gains a close view of Venus
9 May 1960 United States Medicine US regulators approve a contraceptive pill
9 May 1960 United States Medicine A new contraceptive changes reproductive health
9 May 1960 United States Medicine Birth control trials prompt an ethics discussion
9 May 1960 United States Medicine Regulatory approval differs from equal access
4 October 1957 Kazakhstan Astronomy Sputnik 1 launches into orbit
4 October 1957 Kazakhstan Astronomy An artificial moon circles Earth
4 October 1957 Kazakhstan Astronomy A satellite broadcast reaches ground listeners
4 October 1957 Kazakhstan Astronomy The space age enters the sky
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Polio vaccine trial results are announced
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine is licensed
12 April 1955 United States Medicine A major childhood disease becomes preventable
12 April 1955 United States Medicine Large vaccine trial shapes public-health practice
7 April 1948 International Medicine World Health Organization Constitution enters into force
7 April 1948 International Medicine A global health agency begins work
7 April 1948 International Medicine Health is defined beyond the absence of disease
7 April 1948 International Medicine World Health Day marks a founding date
14 February 1946 United States Mathematics ENIAC is publicly unveiled
14 February 1946 United States Mathematics Women program ENIAC's demonstration
14 February 1946 United States Mathematics Ballistic calculation drives electronic computing
14 February 1946 United States Mathematics Programming emerges as a distinct technical practice
14 March 1942 United States Medicine Anne Miller receives penicillin in New Haven
14 March 1942 United States Medicine A rare wartime medicine reaches a patient
14 March 1942 United States Medicine An American penicillin case survives
14 March 1942 United States Medicine Antibiotic production faces an urgent test
27 October 1930 United States Mathematics Gladys West is born
27 October 1930 United States Mathematics West models the shape of Earth
27 October 1930 United States Mathematics Satellite geodesy requires sustained mathematical labour
27 October 1930 United States Mathematics Recognition comes late for a Black woman mathematician
18 February 1930 United States Astronomy Tombaugh identifies Pluto
18 February 1930 United States Astronomy A blink comparator reveals a distant object
18 February 1930 United States Astronomy Lowell Observatory finds a new solar-system body
18 February 1930 United States Astronomy Pluto's discovery begins a new classification story
4 November 1929 India Mathematics Shakuntala Devi is born
4 November 1929 India Mathematics Public calculation becomes mathematical performance
4 November 1929 India Mathematics Devi's career challenges narrow definitions of expertise
4 November 1929 India Mathematics Shakuntala Devi also writes on society
5 October 1923 United States Astronomy Hubble begins a key Andromeda exposure
5 October 1923 United States Astronomy An Andromeda plate captures a future clue
5 October 1923 United States Astronomy Mount Wilson photographs individual stars
5 October 1923 United States Astronomy A dated image enters the distance debate
23 January 1922 Canada Medicine Thompson receives a more purified insulin extract
23 January 1922 Canada Medicine Insulin treatment demonstrates clinical benefit
23 January 1922 Canada Medicine James Collip’s purification changes the result
23 January 1922 Canada Medicine A multi-person Toronto team advances diabetes care
11 January 1922 Canada Medicine Leonard Thompson receives an early insulin extract
11 January 1922 Canada Medicine A diabetes treatment is tried in a hospital
11 January 1922 Canada Medicine A patient joins a landmark insulin experiment
11 January 1922 Canada Medicine First insulin injection is distinct from first success
9 April 1921 United States Mathematics Mary Jackson is born
9 April 1921 United States Mathematics Jackson studies supersonic airflow
9 April 1921 United States Mathematics Segregation obstructs Jackson's engineering courses
9 April 1921 United States Mathematics Jackson later advocates for women at NASA
7 April 1921 Nigeria Mathematics Chike Obi is born
7 April 1921 Nigeria Mathematics Obi proves results on periodic solutions
7 April 1921 Nigeria Mathematics A Nigerian mathematician builds postcolonial higher education
7 April 1921 Nigeria Mathematics Obi connects mathematics with political life
29 May 1919 Brazil Astronomy Eclipse teams photograph stars near the Sun
29 May 1919 Brazil Astronomy Sobral observes an eclipse for relativity
29 May 1919 Brazil Astronomy Príncipe hosts a second eclipse expedition
29 May 1919 Brazil Astronomy Totality makes starlight deflection measurable
24 April 1919 United States Mathematics David Blackwell is born
24 April 1919 United States Mathematics Blackwell contributes to probability, statistics and game theory
24 April 1919 United States Mathematics Racism blocks an Institute for Advanced Study appointment
24 April 1919 United States Mathematics Blackwell strengthens research at Howard and Berkeley
26 August 1918 United States Mathematics Katherine Johnson is born
26 August 1918 United States Mathematics Johnson calculates orbital paths
26 August 1918 United States Mathematics John Glenn asks Johnson to verify electronic calculations
26 August 1918 United States Mathematics Johnson crosses racial and gender barriers at NASA