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π€° Obesity in the US is decreasing. π Startup wants to cool the Earth with lots of balloons. π Plan to provide 300 million Africans with access to electricity.
β UK closes last coal power plant. π Global extreme poverty has returned to pre-pandemic levels. π The use of generative AI is growing faster than computers and the internet.
π Overdoses from opioids decreasing in the US. ποΈ Skin cancer decreases among younger people. π Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers. π Indian households' food expenses have decreased significantly.
π Large decrease in domestic violence. π³ Chainsaw amnesty protects rainforest in Borneo. π©βπ New record: 19 people orbited Earth simultaneously. π¦ Endangered grasshopper sparrow on the road to recovery.
π World's first lung cancer vaccine. π Solar energy and battery storage to double in the US. π¦Ύ AI avatars protect journalists in Venezuela. π New company aims for groundbreaking asteroid mining.
π« Chocolate without sugar is no longer a bitter dream. π₯΅ Reduced mortality in heat waves. π¨ New study: AI increases artists' productivity and creativity.
ποΈ Several atolls are growing despite rising sea levels. π Waymo doubles the number of paid robotaxi trips. π Solar power and batteries help Texas.
πΎ Lower food prices thanks to record harvests. π Wind and solar energy surpass coal power in China and the EU. βοΈ Global inequality decreases.
π₯ Lower risk of fire in electric cars. π¦Ύ AI Scientist can write science papers on its own. π Reduced mortality for all ages, not just children.