💡 Warp News #244
🌾 Lower food prices thanks to record harvests. 🌅 Wind and solar energy surpass coal power in China and the EU. ⚖️ Global inequality decreases.
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🧮 Eleonora Svanberg gives girls (and boys) mathematical confidence
I met Eleonora Svanberg for the first time in 2016, when I, together with astronaut Christer Fuglesang, presented proposals for a new space policy for Sweden. One of the proposals was that we should put a Swede on Mars. Eleonora Svanberg would be that person.
She was selected by Astronomical Youth and was with us at the press conference the Parliament, talking about why she wants to go to Mars.
She was in high school then. Now she's doing a PhD in physics at Oxford and has become an influencer. But a different kind. It's not makeup and interior design that she focuses on, but STEM, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Now in these days, she's coming out with a book, Study With Me: How to Build Mathematical Confidence.
This is a personal account of her journey from being a young girl who doubted her math skills, to becoming a doctoral student in a male-dominated environment at one of the world's leading universities. For those who feel insecure about mathematics, she offers insight into the subject's potential. She also shares study advice, encouragement and inspiration.
Here you can find links to all her social media and here you can buy her book. (So far only in Swedish, but I'm guessing there will be an English version also.)
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🌞 Solar and wind surpass fossil fuels in EU electricity production
Wind and solar power generated 30% of EU's electricity during the first half of 2024. For the first time, 13 EU countries produced more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
🌅 Wind and solar energy surpass coal power in China
China's combined capacity for wind and solar power has for the first time exceeded coal. Solar energy is expected to surpass coal as China's primary energy source by 2026. China has reduced new coal power projects and is focusing on phasing out smaller coal power plants.
🌾 Record harvests lead to lower food prices
Grain prices have fallen to their lowest level in four years. American farmers are expected to harvest record amounts of corn and soybeans. Weather conditions have been favorable in the world's most important agricultural areas.
🍔 Food-from-air company Solar Foods advances in NASA's space food competition
NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge aims to find new ways to provide astronauts with nutrition during long space missions. Solar Foods won the international category in the competition. The company is developing a concept to produce the protein Solein in space.
⚖️ Global inequality decreases both between and within countries
Global inequality has decreased dramatically since the 1980s. Inequality within countries has stopped increasing and has decreased over the last decade. Poverty is decreasing faster than previously estimated, even at higher poverty thresholds.
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