💡 Warp News #251
🤰 Obesity in the US is decreasing. 🎈 Startup wants to cool the Earth with lots of balloons. 🌍 Plan to provide 300 million Africans with access to electricity.
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🌞 Phew
It wasn't long ago that we could report the joyful news that the Milky Way might not collide with the Andromeda galaxy in about five billion years.
Now more good news is coming. The Sun might not swallow the Earth at all when it starts to expand in about five to six billion years.
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🌍 Plan to provide 300 million Africans with access to electricity
Mission 300 is the name of the plan to provide 300 million Africans with access to electricity by the end of 2030. A total of 90 billion dollars is needed to succeed. The World Bank and African Development Bank are contributing 30 billion dollars.
🤰 Obesity in the US is decreasing
Obesity among adults in the USA is 40.3 percent according to a new report. This is a decrease from 41.9 percent in 2020. It breaks a trend of annual increases that has been ongoing since 2011.
🌟 Earth may NOT be swallowed by the sun in 6 billion years
A rocky planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star 4000 light-years away. The planet is believed to have survived the star's red giant phase by moving to a more distant orbit. The discovery provides insights into Earth's possible future when the sun expands.
🩸 Stem cells from one's own body can cure type 1 diabetes
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes began producing her own insulin after stem cell transplantation. The woman has been insulin-free for over a year and can now eat whatever she wants.
☄️ Scientists show nuclear explosion can deflect asteroid
Scientists have simulated the effect of X-rays from a nuclear explosion on asteroids. The results show that the method can provide sufficient force to change the trajectory of large asteroids. The technique could potentially be used to avert threats from asteroids up to four kilometers in diameter.
🎈 Startup wants to cool the Earth with lots of balloons
Make Sunsets has released 82 balloons with sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Solar radiation management is controversial but could potentially reduce global warming quickly and cost-effectively.
🚀 SpaceX landed a 25-story building between two arms on the launch tower
The first stage of the rocket, the one that landed at the launch tower, is about 70 meters tall, equivalent to a 25-story building. Reusing rockets makes our access to space much cheaper.
🧬 The story behind AlphaFold and this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry
This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry is a massive breakthrough that solves a 50-year-old challenge within biology. It was solved with the help of AI. But that was just the beginning. In two texts, Warp News has previously told the story and effects of AI and the protein folding problem.
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