๐ Overdoses from opioids are finally beginning to decrease in the US. ๐ Large decrease in domestic violence. ๐ฉโ๐ First private spacewalk conducted. ๐ Solar energy and battery storage set to double in the US this year. ๐ฆพ AI avatars protect journalists in Venezuela.
๐พ Lower food prices, thanks to record harvests. โ๏ธ Global inequality decreases. ๐ Wind and solar energy surpass coal power in the EU, in the US and in China. ๐ฅ Much lower risk of fire in electric cars. ๐ฆพ AI Scientist can write science papers on its own.
๐ Insects in Sweden have not decreased. ๐ฎ Crime continues to decline in major American cities. ๐ Chatbots used to trick phone scammers. ๐ณ AI has been used to identify a phonetic alphabet in whales
๐ The last ozone-depleting chemical is now decreasing. ๐ First crash-free test of Starship. โ๏ธ Plane hijackings have decreased dramatically. ๐ญ Has Chinaโs CO2 emissions peaked? New stats suggest so. ๐ณ Deforestation in the Amazon reaches lowest level since 2018.
๐ We have passed "peak pollution". ๐ฉโโ๏ธ We are close to eradicating polio. ๐ง Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind. ๐ Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. ๐ญ Record reduction in emissions within the EU emissions trading system.
โ Slovakia closes its last coal-fired power plant โ six years ahead of schedule. ๐ข Thousands of deaths avoided in Taiwan earthquake. ๐ซ Successful demo flight with the first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde. ๐ฆพ Chatbot convinced conspiracy theorists.
๐ง๐ฟ UN: Historic milestone as the number of child deaths falls below 5 million for the first time. ๐ India has eliminated extreme poverty. ๐พ 28 years of GMO food without any harm. ๐ Genetically modified pig kidney transplanted into a human for the first time.
๐ People with Down syndrome live more than twice as long today. ๐ A private company successfully lands on the moon for the first time. ๐ซ Sharp decline in U.S. murders during 2023. ๐ฆ Cape Verde reaches milestone โ free from malaria
๐ Fewer died in wars in 2023 compared to 2022. โก Renewable energy increased globally by 50%. ๐ Lowest number of journalists killed in 20 years. ๐ An electric car became the world's best-selling car. ๐ฅฉ World's first regulatory approval for cultured beef.