📈 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.
🎗 Major breakthrough for breast cancer with new treatment
New treatment offers hope to breast cancer patients without costing more. It might also be useful for other cancer forms.
🏆 Macmillan and List Scoop the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry focuses on discoveries that look into speedy techniques of creating chemical molecules elegantly, affordably, and efficiently.
🏆 Trio shares Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi share the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."
🦏 More Indian rhinos today than 100 years ago
Successful protective measures have spurred the growth of endangered rhino species.
💪 Why embracing change is the best way coming out of the pandemic
Covid-19 is reshaping core parts of society. Some losses are evident, but the benefits associated with change are at times underestimated. This is also the case with the pandemic.
⚡ Millimeter-sized optical amplifiers can revolutionize data communication
A minuscule optical amplifier with better performance could mean efficient and cheaper data communication.
☢ Nuclear-electric rocket could shorten Mars trip to one month
Being in development since the late 1970s, VASIMIR engines allow for unparalleled speed and efficiency, making voyages to Mars much safer.
🌳 Abandoned airport becomes sensory experience park
An abandoned airport in Taiwan is being turned into a park providing for the citizens green space and experiences for all senses.
🔭 The tools that bring us closer to space
We gaze at the sky and wonder why? Throughout history humans have used tools in search of an answer.