🧬 For the first time: Gene therapy slows Huntington's disease by 75%
The study shows that patients who received high doses had fewer symptoms and produced 8.2 percent less of a protein that indicates dying nerve cells.
🥣 80 million more children now receive meals at school
Low-income countries have increased the number of children receiving school meals by 60 percent in just the past two years.
🚜 Agricultural land decreasing globally for the first time
The world's agricultural land peaked in the early 2000s and has been declining since then.
🅾️ Biotech company develops blood type that fits all patients
RedC Biotech develops technology to produce universal red blood cells that can be transfused to all patients. The technology eliminates the need for blood donors by cultivating blood cells from stem cells in large bioreactors.
📉 Tuberculosis medicine cheapest ever - enables treatment of thousands more
The money saved equals 71,000 additional bedaquiline courses.
👩💻 Almost ten percent of the world's population uses ChatGPT
ChatGPT had 700 million users per week in July 2025 The gender gap has disappeared – from 80 percent male users to 48 percent in June 2025
🐸 Researchers successfully breed rare mountain frogs for first time
Seven frogs have been released into the wild at Tooloom National Park as part of a conservation project. The researchers have replicated the frogs' unusual habitat with correct temperature, substrate, plants and sound to enable breeding.
🦑 With AI we are learning to understand animal language
AI technology makes it possible to analyze large amounts of animal sounds and detect patterns that were previously impossible to identify.
🚗 Waymo's self-driving cars have 79% fewer accidents than human drivers
Waymo's vehicles drove only on regular streets, not highways, and all comparisons were made for similar driving conditions.