⚰️ Lithuania has more than halved its suicide rate
Lithuania's suicide rate has dropped from 44 to 19.5 per 100,000 residents since 2004. Free psychological help is now available in all 60 municipalities and reaches over 30,000 people annually. Approximately 10,000 people have been trained to identify and help people with suicidal thoughts.
👮 London has fewer murders than in over 20 years
London recorded 70 murders during the first nine months of 2025, the lowest number since monthly measurements began in 2003. Knife crime decreased by seven percent. Hospital admissions for knife injuries among people under 25 fell by 10 percent over 12 months to June 2025.
🐭 Researchers simulate entire mouse brain with nine million neurons
The supercomputer Fugaku has created one of the world's largest and most detailed simulations of a brain, with nine million neurons and 26 billion synapses from the entire mouse cortex. The simulation can be used to study diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy in a virtual environment.
🐝 Solar farms could become important refuges for bumblebees
Solar farms with wildflowers can more than double the number of bumblebees compared to parks with turf grass. The study modelled 1,042 British solar farms and their potential to support bumblebees until 2050.
🚰 Israel tops up Sea of Galilee with desalinated seawater
Israel has begun channeling desalinated seawater into the Sea of Galilee, marking the first time anywhere in the world that a freshwater lake is topped up with processed seawater. The water level in the lake is expected to rise by approximately 0.5 centimeters per month through the project.
🧬 Scientists have for the first time sequenced RNA from 40,000-year-old mammoth
The RNA shows which genes were active in the muscles just before the mammoth died, providing direct evidence of gene regulation in real time. The results show that RNA can survive much longer than previously thought, opening up the possibility of studying RNA viruses from the Ice Age.
📉 Tuberculosis deaths have decreased by 29 percent globally since 2015
Global tuberculosis deaths fell to 1.23 million – the lowest number ever recorded. Since 2000, tuberculosis treatment has saved an estimated 83 million lives. Over 100 countries have reduced mortality by at least 20 percent since 2015.
🚀 Saab invests 10 million dollars in Swedish space company, Pythom Space
Pythom was founded by Swedish explorers Tina and Tom Sjögren who have three records in the Guinness Book of Records. The company develops lightweight rockets that can be deployed quickly to make access to space more flexible and affordable.
🚀 Blue Origin landed rocket at sea – second company in history after SpaceX
Blue Origin became the second company ever to land an orbital rocket on a platform at sea. The landing shows that reusable rockets are no longer unique to SpaceX, which increases competition in the space industry.