๐ฎ Crime continues to decline in US cities. ๐ Insects have not decreased. ๐ฒ Food begins to be produced from air and solar power. ๐ Chatbots used to trick phone scammers.
๐ณ Whales have a phonetic alphabet. ๐ Space probe returns with samples from the far side of the moon - for the first time. ๐ญ Solar telescope tracks the source of the solar wind for the first time.
๐ณ Deforestation in the Amazon reaches lowest level since 2018. ๐ณ๏ธ Human rights have improved in all world regions. ๐ญ New space telescope could potentially see city lights on exoplanets.
๐ The last ozone-depleting chemical is now decreasing. ๐ฐ Funding to create an open energy protocol for energy sharing. ๐ Wild horses return to the Kazakh steppes after 200 years.
โ๏ธ Plane hijackings have decreased. ๐ญ Has Chinaโs CO2 emissions peaked? ๐ First crash-free test of Starship. ๐ Few see disinformation online.
๐ณ India's forests have steadily increased. ๐ New Indian traffic safety model to save lives in poor countries. ๐ผ A periodic table for flowering plants has been created โ includes 9,500 species.
๐ We have passed "peak pollution". ๐ฉโโ๏ธ We are close to eradicating polio. ๐ญ The Webb Telescope has discovered the earliest known black hole merger. ๐ง Frozen brain tissue can now be revived without damage - enables research.
โฐ๏ธ Murders continue to decrease in the US. ๐ง She was deaf at birth, 18-month-old Opal Sandy had her hearing restored after a world-unique gene therapy. ๐ง Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind
๐ Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. ๐ พ๏ธ Blood types can become mutually compatible. ๐ Three West African countries begin vaccinating against malaria.