📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🕺 Clubbers help venues recycle energy - by dancing
This Scottish nightclub has found an innovative way to make use of the energy accumulated by people dancing.
🌆 African dream of "smart cities" remains strong
Despite slow progression and plenty of challenges, smart cities in Africa are taking form.
♻️ Start-up tackling microplastics problem secures new funding
A Paris-based startup aims to make microplastics a thing of the past. 2022 could mean "make or break" for this business.
🛰 Capsule Lucy to investigate Trojan Asteroids
NASA's Lucy asteroid probe is set to begin its 12-year space mission in just a few weeks. The craft will set several records and grant us more knowledge on the creation of the solar system.
🩸Artificial kidney could save more lives - and make dialysis unnecessary
The invention of an artificial kidney could help many more in need of a new kidney than what is possible today.
🌍 World Cleanup Day attracted 50 million volunteers
50 million volunteers from 180 countries participated in World Cleanup Day 2021.
🎗 Major breakthrough for breast cancer with new treatment
New treatment offers hope to breast cancer patients without costing more. It might also be useful for other cancer forms.
🏆 Macmillan and List Scoop the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry focuses on discoveries that look into speedy techniques of creating chemical molecules elegantly, affordably, and efficiently.
🏆 Trio shares Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi share the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."