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๐ The Soviet Union drained the Aral Sea โ now it's filling up again. ๐ป GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reduce risk of substance abuse and addiction. ๐ฆพ Humanoid robots get AI brain and are put to work in car factories.
๐คง A nasal spray vaccine colds. โฒ๏ธ New world record โ fusion reactor held plasma stable for 22 minutes. ๐๏ธ Kevin Kelly and Dan Pink launch podcast about best possible future scenarios.
๐ณ Deforestation decline in the Amazons continue. ๐ฆ Bacteria in mosquitoes reduced dengue cases by 70%. ๐งฎ AI helps mathematicians solve problems that have been unsolved for decades.
๐ป Polar bears are thriving. ๐ The gap between the world's richest and poorest has more than halved. ๐ฉโโ๏ธ AI-supported mammography reduces missed cancer cases.
๐ฌ Microplastic levels much lower than previously thought. ๐จโ๐ป Office workers earn more and grow in numbers despite AI warnings. ๐ง Polio outbreaks stopped.
๐คณ Study: Social media don't affect adolescents' mental health. โฐ๏ธ US murders fell 21 percent. ๐ AI gives psychiatry objective tools to detect depression.
๐คจ Researchers question studies on microplastics in the human body. ๐ง California completely drought-free. ๐ฉโโ๏ธ Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time.
๐ Growth without increased emissions now a reality in most countries. ๐ฆ Scientists succeed in creating mosquitoes that block malaria. ๐ Africa expected to have higher economic growth than Asia.
๐ซ Airplane contrails warm the climate less than scientists thought. ๐๏ธ New method creates cancer-fighting immune cells directly in the body. ๐บ North America's large carnivores have recovered.