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📉 Lowest UK emissions since 1879. 📱 Simplified view of dopamine and social media. 👴🏿 Life expectancy is increasing globally, but most notably in Eastern Africa. 📉 Decrease in youth suicide in Europe.
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🛸 I am your father!
After five days on the road – Toronto and Raleigh – I'm home again just in time for Teddy's birthday.
He turns three on May 4th, which also happens to be Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!)
So, as usual, I buy him a Star Wars-related gift and start the day by proclaiming: Teddy, I am your father!
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💡 24 fact-based optimistic news from April
❌ Slovakia closes its last coal-fired power plant – six years ahead of schedule. 🏢 Thousands of deaths avoided in Taiwan earthquake. 🛫 Successful demo flight with the first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde. 🦾 Chatbot convinced conspiracy theorists.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🤑 Gen Z is richer than previous generations at the same age
Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, has significantly higher incomes and greater financial stability compared to millennials and baby boomers at the same age.
🌎 Global Overshoot Day occurs later this year
According to the Global Footprint Network, ecological "overshoot" occurs when human demand exceeds the regenerative capacity of natural ecosystems. The later in the year this day occurs, the better. (But the model also has clear flaws.)
🔋 Electric cars will continue to rise in the US (despite what some claim)
Despite challenges such as inadequate charging infrastructure and high costs, 42 percent of respondents are considering buying an electric car as their next vehicle.
🚅 Europe's longest test track for Hyperloop opens in the Netherlands
The EU is investing in hyperloop technology with a new testing facility in the Netherlands. Hyperloop could significantly reduce commuting times between cities in Europe.
🚗 Fewer traffic deaths in the US last year
Traffic deaths in the USA decreased by 3.6 percent last year. This marks the second consecutive year of a decrease in deaths, despite an increase in miles driven.
🚁 Dragonfly to explore the fascinating landscape of the moon Titan
NASA's Dragonfly aims to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a unique helicopter that will fly and take samples. Titan is the only known celestial body in the solar system, besides Earth, that has liquid on its surface and a dynamic weather system.
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