📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🗳️ Strong connection between democracy and prosperity
People living in democracies are richer, healthier and happier. And there is a strong connection between democracy and prosperity, a new report from The Atlantic Council and the Alliance of Democracies shows.
😀 Optimists live longer
Optimists live 5.4 percent longer than others and have a ten percent greater chance of becoming more than 90 years old.
🎮 Computer games can make children smarter
Children who play more computer games than average also increase their IQ score more than other children.
🕊Forests in cities create a bird boom in New Zealand
Bird song from 40 different species can be heard above the hiking trail just ten minutes outside the center of Wellington - all thanks to urban forests.
🐂 European wildlife sees strong comeback
Many large mammals have increased by hundreds and in some cases thousands of percent in the last 60 years.
🏞 A record number of dams have been restored to natural watercourses
Demolition of dams is an effective way to restore aquatic environments, and in 2021 more dams will be demolished in Europe than ever before.
🌊 'Other-worldly' underwater sculptures save the sea
“If the sea dies, so does the fisherman. You can’t just take, you have to give too”. These underwater sculptures save the sea from being overfished.
🐆 New massive database of Amazonian wildlife
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society have been working on a massive project which is to build a massive database of Amazonas wildlife. Now, the group has more than 57 000 camera trap images.
🐠 Researchers build coral reefs with 3D printers
Using images from a reef and printing new parts with a 3D printer, researchers can renovate damaged coral reefs and tailor the environment for each reef.