⚡ Over 100 million people in Bangladesh have gained access to electricity
Bangladesh has increased access to electricity from 15 percent to almost 100 percent in 30 years. More than 100 million residents can now use household appliances and stay connected via phone and internet. Over half of the population now has access to electricity for more than eight hours per day.
💵 Wage gaps decrease globally according to new ILO report
Wage inequality has decreased in two-thirds of all countries since 2000. Low-income countries show the most significant decreases in wage inequality, with an annual decrease between 3.2 and 9.6 percent.
💰 Record investment of 2.1 trillion dollars in green energy
Global investments in green energy increased by 11 percent to 2.1 trillion dollars during 2024. Electric vehicles and renewable energy account for the largest investments with 757 and 728 billion dollars respectively.
🌾 New rice variety manages with half the water
Scientists in Chile have developed a rice variety that only requires 12,000 cubic meters of water per hectare, compared to traditional 23,000 cubic meters per season. The new rice variety can be grown in both dry and flooded conditions, making it resistant to different weather conditions.
🌾 New rice variety emits 70 percent less methane
Scientists have developed a new rice variety that emits 70 percent less methane compared to regular rice. The new rice variety has been developed through traditional plant breeding and yields large harvests.
📜 AI reveals text in 2000-year-old charred scroll from Herculaneum
X-ray technology and artificial intelligence have for the first time made it possible to read the contents of a charred scroll from Herculaneum without physically opening it. The text in the scroll contains Greek text and is believed to be a philosophical work.
👩💻 New study: One in three use AI at work - triples efficiency
30.1 percent of Americans over 18 use generative AI at work, shows new comprehensive survey of over 4000 respondents. A task that normally takes 90 minutes to complete can be done in 30 minutes with the help of AI.
📱 90% of world's population lives within 4G coverage
The global share of people living within 4G coverage has increased from 44 percent to 90 percent between 2015 and 2023. Sub-Saharan Africa has improved its coverage from 11 percent to 63 percent. Asia has made significant progress from 40 percent to 94 percent coverage in eight years.
🦠 Scientists recreate life's most important microbial interaction
Scientists have for the first time managed to observe how a bacterium begins living inside a fungal cell. The results provide new understanding of how complex life has evolved.