💧 The "sponge" that catches water from the empty air
One type of airgel can convert up to 95 percent of the moisture in the air into drinking water
🐅 Jaguars back in Argentina's wetlands after 70 years
A new effort to deploy jaguars in protected areas where locals welcome them will help Argentina save its jaguar population.
👁 Blind man regained his sight with an artificial cornea
New method makes it easier and faster to implant artificial corneas, which gives many more people the chance to regain their sight.
🌄 50 countries work together to protect 30 percent of the earth's oceans and land
A number of both rich and poor countries have joined forces to try to preserve a large part of the earth as wilderness.
🌿 Seagrass can help us get rid of plastic particles in the sea
A type of seagrass can catch plastic in its leaves which are then collected in balls and washed up on the beaches when there is a storm.
🏭 Four Asian countries shut down 80 percent of their planned coal-fired power plants
Sustainable energy is now cheaper than coal power in many countries and this makes new coal power plants a lousy investment.
🚑 AI helps doctors find breast cancer up to two years earlier
A new AI could help radiologists prioritize mammography images and detect breast cancer earlier.
📀 A backup on the moon for all human knowledge
A foundation wants to create an archive of human knowledge and store it around the solar system on quartz disks that retain the information for billions of years.
🤖 The robots that cook your dinner
A specially built robot kitchen and a robot attendant can make cooking a spectator sport in the future.