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💡 Warp News #232
🛰️ Hello again! Voyager 1 begins transmitting to Earth after five months of silence. 🗳️ Global support for democracy is at a record high – 85%. 🧒🏿 40% of the reduction in child mortality is thanks to vaccines.
💡 Warp News #231
📉 Lowest UK emissions since 1879. 📱 Simplified view of dopamine and social media. 👴🏿 Life expectancy is increasing globally, but most notably in Eastern Africa. 📉 Decrease in youth suicide in Europe.
💡 Warp News #230
🌎 Global Overshoot Day occurs later this year. 🤑 Gen Z is richer than previous generations at the same age. 🚅 Europe's longest test track for Hyperloop opens in the Netherlands.
💡 Warp News #229
🦾 Chatbot convinced conspiracy theorists to reconsider their beliefs. 🚀 SpaceX plans even bigger Starships. 🔋 New fast-charging electric vehicle battery with a lifetime of 400,000 miles.
💡 Warp News #228
❌ Slovakia closes its last coal-fired power plant – six years ahead of schedule. 🏢 Thousands of deaths avoided in Taiwan earthquake. 🛫 Successful demo flight with the first private supersonic aircraft since the Concorde.
💡 Warp News #227
☣️ Toxic chemicals have decreased by 21% over ten years. 🌬️ Significantly improved air quality in Europe. 👩⚕️ Sharp decline in tuberculosis in Cambodia. 🌎 The vast majority believe in climate change.
💡 Warp News #226
🌦️ Weather forecasts much more accurate. 🥛 Genetically modified cows can produce milk containing insulin. 📉 New study: Poverty has decreased more than we thought, as has inequality – including within countries. 🐖 Genetically modified pig kidney transplanted into human for the first time.
💡 Warp News #225
🧒🏿 UN: Milestone as the number of child deaths falls below 5 million for the first time. 🚀 Starship takes another step forward, reaches orbit velocity. 🧬 Reviving the mammoth is getting closer. 🦐 Discovery of 100 new marine species.
💡 Warp News #224
📉 India has eliminated extreme poverty. 🥔 Genetically modified potatoes eliminate the need for pesticides. 🌱 Scientists have developed a method to transform salty soil into fertile farmland.