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💡Optimist's Edge: E-stonia keeps investing in digital residency – and so should you
Estonia is the first country in the world to implement an e-residency, open for application for anyone who runs a business. This is what you need to know to take advantage of what Estonia offers and influence your country in following their lead.
⛪ Martin Luther – The First Twitterer
In just four years Martin Luther went from a complete unknown, to the bestselling author in Europe. A couple of years later he had become such a threat to the church that they banned him. How was this possible before radio, tv and the internet? He used a breakthrough technology, in a new way.
🐠 Two new massive marine parks in Australia
Australia establishes two new marine parks around Christmas Island and Cocos Island. Together the parks will be twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef marine park.
🛥 Self-driving boats are being tested in Amsterdam's canals
Self-propelled small boats that can function as taxis or floating bins can soon operate on Amsterdam's many canals.
📝 Warp News Impact Report - May 2021
Strong impact for our book on the corona vaccine revolution, fact-based optimism is spreading in other news media and several science parks. Also, over 10,000 people have seen our videos about Starlink.
💉The HPV vaccine is better than expected
Women who have received the HPV vaccine have a broader protection against cancer than previously thought, a new study concludes.
🛒 Browser extension helps you make green choices
This new browser extension uses machine learning to help you choose Amazon products based on their sustainability.
👟🎈 Walking on balloons - new shoe makes it possible
A company turns old party balloons and tire leftovers into fashionable, ethical, vegan sneakers.
👩🏻🔬 Study opens for chip implants in humans
The Swedish chip implant company DSruptive Subdermals publishes a report from the first clinical study ever with temperature-measuring implants for humans.
🚀 Jeff Bezos is going to space - you don't have to be a billionaire to follow him
Going to space will fast become much cheaper than most people think. You won't have to be a billionaire or even a millionaire to follow Bezos.
🔧 Nobel Prize winner Gustaf Dalén – the eternal optimist
Gustaf Dalén was the Nobel laureate who experimented and developed a new cooker in his own kitchen. The new cooker revolutionized household work. He was not only a genius engineer, he was also an optimist!
🐝 Sponsor-A-Hive - good for the bees and food security
Sponsor-A-Hive is giving away hundreds of homes for native bees. The project promotes food security as well as protecting the bees.
☀️ Major hurdle in fusion energy cleared
Fusion power, the holy grail in energy production, has taken a leap. At the research center, CCFE, new results show great potential of overcoming the "exhaust"-problem.
👵 Optimists live longer
According to a study, women and men live significantly longer if they are optimistic. For women, the effect was almost as great as the difference between those who have not been diagnosed with diabetes and those who have.
🛰 This is how Starlink works in England – a users review
Beginning this year, Starlink is expanding to other countries. Louis Anslow is one of the early adopters who has gotten Starlink, we asked what he thinks so far.
🦠 Gut bacteria can decrease the side-effects of chemotherapy
A new study shows that certain types of gut bacteria could help protect other beneficial bacteria that would otherwise be eliminated by the drugs used in chemotherapy.
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