The smaller C: progress in beating cancer

From impasse in Iran to still-unresolved conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, a trend is clear: President Donald Trump’s scant, early plans for peace do not actually forge a path to it. Our correspondent says that in the driverless-car future, it will often be Chinese AI behind the whe ...  Show more

A dive into the data reveals that, despite dire past predictions, the prevalence of dementia is actually waning. We take a look at Pix, a beloved Brazilian digital-payments system, and why it so bothers President Donald Trump. And we attend one of the concerts that reveals how th ...  Show more

Overall, more people are dying from cancer. But a closer look at the numbers reveals just how much <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/07/17/the-world-is-winning-the-war-on-cancer?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content= ...

For cancer patients, medicines administered in clinical trials can help save or extend lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Cancer is most deadly when it spreads. Today we look at the best diet to keep cancer in check. This episode features audio from What Causes Cancer to Metastasize?, How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet, and The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene. Visit ...  Show more

Cancer is still one of the most common diseases worldwide, and one of the top causes of death – also because there is no known cure yet. As this makes prevention all the more crucial for patients, we spoke to renowned researcher for biomedicine and scientific author Bernd Bodenmi ...  Show more