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💡 Warp News #240
🐳 Whales have a phonetic alphabet. 🌒 Space probe returns with samples from the far side of the moon - for the first time. 🔭 Solar telescope tracks the source of the solar wind for the first time.
💡 Warp News #239
🌳 Deforestation in the Amazon reaches lowest level since 2018. 🗳️ Human rights have improved in all world regions. 🔭 New space telescope could potentially see city lights on exoplanets.
💡 Warp News #238
🌎 The last ozone-depleting chemical is now decreasing. 💰 Funding to create an open energy protocol for energy sharing. 🐎 Wild horses return to the Kazakh steppes after 200 years.
💡 Warp News #237
✈️ Plane hijackings have decreased. 🏭 Has China’s CO2 emissions peaked? 🚀 First crash-free test of Starship. 👀 Few see disinformation online.
💡 Warp News #236
🌳 India's forests have steadily increased. 🚑 New Indian traffic safety model to save lives in poor countries. 🌼 A periodic table for flowering plants has been created – includes 9,500 species.
💡 Warp News #235
🌍 We have passed "peak pollution". 👩⚕️ We are close to eradicating polio. 🔭 The Webb Telescope has discovered the earliest known black hole merger. 🧠 Frozen brain tissue can now be revived without damage - enables research.
💡 Warp News #234
⚰️ Murders continue to decrease in the US. 🧏 She was deaf at birth, 18-month-old Opal Sandy had her hearing restored after a world-unique gene therapy. 🧠 Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind
💡 Warp News #233
🚗 Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. 🅾️ Blood types can become mutually compatible. 💉 Three West African countries begin vaccinating against malaria.
💡 Warp News #232
🛰️ Hello again! Voyager 1 begins transmitting to Earth after five months of silence. 🗳️ Global support for democracy is at a record high – 85%. 🧒🏿 40% of the reduction in child mortality is thanks to vaccines.