💡 Warp News #269
🐅 India's tiger population is roaring back. 💵 Economic inequality decreases in more countries. 💊 AI-designed drugs entering clinical trials this year.
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
💵 Economic inequality decreases in more countries
The number of countries with high inequality has decreased from 74 to 51 between 2000 and 2020. The number of countries with low inequality increased from 20 to 32 between 2000 and 2020.
🐦 Scientists closer to recreating extinct dodo
Genetic researcher Beth Shapiro leads the work to recreate the dodo, a bird that went extinct over 300 years ago. The technology being developed can be used to save currently endangered species, like the pink pigeon in Mauritius.
🐅 India's tiger population is roaring back – doubled in twelve years
India has increased its tiger population from 1,706 to 3,682 tigers between 2010 and 2022. The country is now home to 75 percent of the world's wild tigers. Local communities benefit from ecotourism linked to the tigers.
👾 NASA found building blocks of life in asteroid
Scientists have discovered amino acids and other important molecules for life in samples from the asteroid Bennu. The analysis also shows traces of 11 minerals formed through saltwater, suggesting that conditions for life may have existed throughout the solar system.
💊 AI-designed drugs entering clinical trials this year
Alphabet's subsidiary Isomorphic Labs plans to have their first AI-designed drugs in clinical trials before the end of the year. The company focuses on major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegeneration.
😷 Covid symptoms are getting milder
Despite covid-19 variant XEC showing concerning early results in the laboratory, hospitalizations are fewer than previous winters. The majority of those infected are either asymptomatic or experience only mild cold symptoms that can be confused with seasonal allergies.
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