📈 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.
🤗 Record high safety worldwide – more people feel secure than ever
73 percent of the world's adults feel safe walking alone at night in 2024, the highest figure since measurements began in 2006.
🧯 The number of deadly fires in the U.S. has decreased by two-thirds
The total number of reported fires has been halved during the same period, and the number of injured has decreased by more than half.
🎗️ Nearly everyone survives prostate cancer
Nearly 98 percent of patients with prostate cancer are alive at least five years after diagnosis in 2021.
🌀 Super typhoon strikes China, worst storm of the year – you won’t believe what happened next
Super Typhoon Ragasa caused no fatalities when it reached mainland China last month.
💵 HIV medicine price drops from $28,000 to $40
The lower cost applies to 120 low- and middle-income countries and takes effect in 2027.
🗳️ Ghana's democracy shows stability over 30 years
Ghana has held uninterrupted and peaceful elections since the return to democracy in 1992, with four power transitions between political parties.
🥣 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.
💡 Musings of the Angry Optimist: Without China, emissions would already have peaked
Are we close to the first major milestone for the climate?
🐸 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.