💡 Hopescrolling: 30 optimistic news in September
💀 The murder rate has dropped 17% in the past 20 years. 📱 Internet use may lower dementia risk for older people. 🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback. 📲 Google launches new anti-censorship tech. 😊 Americans satisfied with their lives.
Share this story!
Hopescrolling
Hopescrolling = the opposite of doomscrolling.
Please help friends and acquaintances to hopescroll by sharing this summary with them.
If you are not a subscriber to our free, weekly newsletter on technology, science and human progress, you really should be! 😊
💡 Fact-based optimistic news in September
😊 New survey: Americans satisfied with their lives
83% of Americans satisfied with their personal life, matching the historical average. Half of the participants are very satisfied.
🧬 Human Y chromosome fully sequenced for the first time
Decades-long challenge overcome by scientists. Addition of 30 million new bases to the human genome. Discovery reveals 41 new protein-coding genes.
🤔 Studies: Cynics aren't smarter (they are actually the opposite)
Studies debunk the common belief that cynics are more competent. Data from 200,000 individuals across 30 countries supports this conclusion. In fact, individuals with cynical views often performed worse on cognitive ability and academic competency tasks.
⚡ Kärnfull Next to build Europe's first SMR park in Studsvik, Sweden
Europe's first park for small modular nuclear reactors, SMR, might be located in the Studsvik area near Nyköping, Sweden.
☀️ EU will hit renewable energy targets ahead of time
Solar power growth in EU set to exceed 2030 targets ahead of schedule. 41 gigawatts of new solar capacity added in 2022, marking a 40 percent increase from 2021.
💀 Globally the murder rate has dropped 17% in the past 20 years
Europe has seen a sharp decline in the murder rate, and the situation in Asia, Africa and the Americas has also improved.
👩🏿⚕️ Ghana’s immunization rates soar in drone-served districts
Drones significantly reduce vaccine supply time to remote clinics. Drone deliveries take only 55 minutes to reach the remotest clinics, which would take over 5 hours by road.
👽 Not alone anymore? New evidence points to life on distant planet
On a planet named K2-18b, over 120 light years from Earth, a telescope has possibly detected a molecule known as DMS. Why is that important? Because on Earth, DMS is only produced by life.
📶 Record number of internet users, two-thirds are now online
5.4 billion people are now online. More than ever before. Growth in internet connectivity is strongest in low-income countries.
🚘 Autonomous vehicles cause fewer injuries and fatal crashes
Self-driving cars decrease the risk of injury-causing and fatal accidents compared to human drive vehicles.
📲 A blow to authoritarian web censorship: Google launches new anti-censorship tech
As a response to increased censorship actions, especially in Iran, Google strikes back. They are introducing new software allowing apps to integrate anti-censorship tech.
👩🚀 Mars Society starts the Mars Technology Institute to develop technologies for human settlement
This initiative aims to pave the way for creating crucial technologies essential for the long-term human settlement on the Red Planet. The initial focus to be on biotechnology, addressing constraints faced on Mars.
🎧 Gutenberg puts 5000 audiobooks online for free using synthetic speech
Thousands of free e-books are now available as audiobooks, thanks to a new system that uses neural text-to-speech. The system can customize the speaking speed, style, emotion, and voice of the audiobooks. It can also detect and skip irrelevant text such as tables, footnotes, and page numbers.
🧬 New AI predicts genetic diseases
The tool predicts disease-causing likelihood of mutations with 90 percent accuracy. It aids genomics researchers in diagnosing diseases and finding treatments faster.
🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback
Once critically endangered, the Azores bullfinch is showing signs of recovery. Two decades of habitat restoration has brought back the bird's numbers.
📱 Internet use may lower dementia risk for older people
Regular older internet users had a 1.54 percent risk of developing dementia. In contrast, non-users faced a 10.45 percent risk.
🥛 Solar Foods to kickstart milk production without cows
The HYDROCOW project targets producing sustainable milk protein using CO2 and electricity and no cows are required.
🐳 AI could help us talk to animals
Scientists use artificial intelligence to study animal communication. AI can help identify the meaning and context of animal sounds. Project CETI uses AI and underwater technology to study sperm whale communication.
🏙️ Tech leaders building a new city near Silicon Valley
Eastern Solano County, close to Silicon Valley, identified for the ambitious project. Support from tech moguls like Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman. See illustrations of the city.
😈 Birth of 500th Tasmanian devil, at Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary
The breeding program started in 2011 with 44 disease-free devils from Tasmania. This milestone contributes to the survival of the endangered species.
Get access to the innovations and be a part of the community that is impacting our future.
Subscribe for free and join the thousands of fact-based optimists who are impacting the world for a better future.
Most read news in August
🆙 Warp Levels - an idea to level up humanity
Humanity is doing the high jump without a bar. We have no goal. With Warp Levels, we determine what the next level for humanity should contain, so we can level up and make progress faster.
💀 Globally the murder rate has dropped 17% in the past 20 years
Europe has seen a sharp decline in the murder rate, and the situation in Asia, Africa and the Americas has also improved.
😊 New survey: Americans satisfied with their lives
83% of Americans satisfied with their personal life, matching the historical average. Half of the participants are very satisfied.
Get access to the innovations and be a part of the community that is impacting our future.
Subscribe for free and join the thousands of fact-based optimists who are impacting the world for a better future.
💡 Columns, musings, essays and Optimist's Edge
🆙 Longtermist Will MacAskill on Warp Levels: "Very good!"
MacAskill is a philosopher at Oxford University and a leading advocate for longtermism, where the idea is that we should consider thousands of future generations in the decisions we make now. What does he think about leveling up humanity?
👩⚕️ If we are to move from sick care to healthcare, someone needs to lead the way
Is Spotify-Daniel Ek's Neko Health the battering ram needed to truly transform sick care into actual healthcare? I've visited them, looked around, and talked to one of the founders, Hjalmar Nilsonne.
💡 Optimist's Edge: How large projects are completed on time and budget (learn from Pixar)
A mere 0.5 percent of all major projects are completed as planned and within budget. Have the pessimists FINALLY found something they're right about? One might think so, but...
🤖 Development of AI bot WALL-Y – part 2
Experiences and tips after Warp News AI writer now has turned newscaster.
🦾 A productive centaur
New research indicates a significant increase in productivity and quality for those who used ChatGPT compared to those who didn't.
💡 Musings of the Angry Optimist: Don't look up, look forward
Is humanity at a crossroads? Two optimistic videos claim so. But such a crossroads does not exist.
✉️ Get a dose of fact-based, free, optimism once a week
Every week, we send out a free newsletter with fact-based, optimistic news about technology, science, and human progress.
If you're not a subscriber yet, you are welcome to become one!
By becoming a premium supporter, you help in the creation and sharing of fact-based optimistic news all over the world.
