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π€ After a hundred years: New zipper. 𧬠New gene therapy cures 95 percent of children with "bubble boy" disease. π Gene-edited pigs resistant to classical swine fever.
π€ People are becoming less sick. π Humpback whales more numerous now than before industrial whaling began. π₯οΈ Quantum computer demonstrates controlled advantage over supercomputer for the first time.
π Number of tobacco users has dropped. π Battery-electric cars gain market share. π¦ AI creates viruses that kill E. coli bacteria.
π² Reduced deforestation globally. π¦ Extinct sharks to make a comeback. π€ People are becoming less sick.
π§« Robots and AI help couples have children. π₯Ό Lab-grown kidneys getting closer. π Super typhoon strikes China β you wonβt believe what happened next.
π₯£ 80 million more children now receive meals at school. βοΈ New CRISPR technique makes gene editing much safer. π³οΈ Ghana's democracy shows stability over 30 years.
π Agricultural land decreasing globally. π ΎοΈ Biotech company develops blood type that fits all patients. π©βπ» Almost ten percent of the world's population uses ChatGPT.
π½ Mars rover finds traces of life. π§ Child poverty declines worldwide. π¦Ύ AI shows faster development than experts predicted.
π Endangered Amur leopard population increases. π§ New technology to analyze thousands of cells simultaneously. π΄ Ozempic shown to reverse biological aging.