📈 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.
💻 The pandemic shows the enormous benefits of digitalization
More flexibility, higher productivity, higher quality of life, and fewer days of sick leave. Working from home is not without problems, but studies show the benefits outweigh them. It took a pandemic to realize this, writes Anna Rennéus Guthrie.
🐦 Reduced air pollution has saved 1.5 billion birds
Stricter air pollution laws have saved many birds in the United States over the past 40 years.
🥼 Swedish government decides on billion-dollar investment in research and innovation
Last year's pandemic resulted in a decision by the government to allocate more money for research. Two of the areas that will get the most money are research on viruses and the environment.
⌛ The world's best atomic clock can help us reveal the secrets of the universe
By using quantum effects, researchers have created a design for atomic clocks that is many times more accurate than the atomic clocks used today.
🏆 6 wins from 2020 that makes the future come sooner
2020 might not have seemed like the best of years, with natural disasters and a pandemic. However, these six wins show us that a lot of good things happened too. Things that make the future look a little bit brighter.
🇺🇳 Young Champions of the Earth, UN's prize for those wanting to change the world
This year seven young men and women were selected winners for the Young Champions of the Earth contest. Keep reading to learn more about the prize and the winners.
🌱To cultivate utopias is to take existential responsibility
Since the pandemic made its debut at the beginning of the year, several have painted the picture of 2020 as a dystopia. But in this gloomy description, there is every reason to start formulating our utopias. The only question is whether we dare, writes Victoria Bäck.
😌 Improved air quality has saved 60,000 lives in Europe
The amount of hazardous particles in the air has decreased by up to 56 percent in European countries in a decade.
🎅 The Christmas calendar filled with science
LTH's Christmas calendar shows a new interesting scientific experiment every day.