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🌑️ Staying within 1.5 degrees is possible, due to record growth for renewables

Record growth of clean energy technologies boosts hope. The world is set to invest a record USD 1.8 trillion in clean energy in 2023.

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🦏 Rhinos on the rise: 5% growth last year

Global rhino numbers increase to 27,000. Southern white rhino numbers rise for the first time since 2012.

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πŸ”Œ Record global access to electricity

The number of people without electricity access will lower to an estimated 745 million by year-end.

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🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback

Once critically endangered, the Azores bullfinch is showing signs of recovery. Two decades of habitat restoration has brought back the bird's numbers.

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πŸ“² A blow to authoritarian web censorship: Google launches new anti-censorship tech

As a response to increased censorship actions, especially in Iran, Google strikes back. They are introducing new software allowing apps to integrate anti-censorship tech.

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πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ Mars Society starts the Mars Technology Institute to develop technologies for human settlement

This initiative aims to pave the way for creating crucial technologies essential for the long-term human settlement on the Red Planet. Initial focus to be on biotechnology, addressing constraints faced on Mars.

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🧬 New AI predicts genetic diseases

The tool predicts disease-causing likelihood of mutations with 90 percent accuracy. It aids genomics researchers in diagnosing diseases and finding treatments faster.

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πŸ‘©πŸΏβ€βš•οΈ Ghana’s immunization rates soar in drone-served districts

Drones significantly reduce vaccine supply time to remote clinics. Drone deliveries take only 55 minutes to reach the remotest clinics, which would take over 5 hours by road.

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πŸ‘½ Not alone anymore? New evidence points to life on distant planet

On a planet named K2-18b, over 120 light years from Earth, a telescope has possibly detected a molecule known as DMS. Why is that important? Because on Earth, DMS is only produced by life.