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π Bangladesh added one more year of healthy life for just $1. π Northvolt's new battery needs less rare minerals. π Starship exploded, but made progress. πΏ Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI could reduce animation movie costs by 90%.
π³ Ecuador's forests are making a comeback. π First commercial carbon capture plant in the U.S. inaugurated. π Desalinates 49,000 liters of water daily, powered by ocean waves. π China's CO2 emissions set to decline in 2024.
π΅ Dementia has started to decline. βοΈ An astronaut proposes a space parasol. π¦ England's rivers increase in invertebrate diversity. 𧬠AlphaFold will speed up drug discovery.
π± Rhubarbs key to recycling electric car batteries βΏ Record high employment and education levels among disabled Americans. π² Oxford researchers: Overblown fears about misinformation from AI.
π§ Real-time brain tumor diagnosis during surgery. π° MIT: Desalination freshwater cheaper than tap water. π Scientists make key discovery about antimatter. π CRISPR-engineered chickens resistant to flu.
π― 40% more snow leopards. π New malaria vaccine. π¦Ύ US and Sweden are among top AI beneficiaries. π° Desalination of salt water is getting cheaper.
π¦ Rhinos on the rise. π‘οΈ Staying within 1.5 degrees is possible, due to record growth for renewables. π¦Ύ ChatGPT diagnoses as accurately as ER doctors. π Record global access to electricity.
π¦ Europeβs most endangered bird is making a comeback. 𧬠New AI predicts genetic diseases. π² Google launches new anti-censorship tech. Mars Technology Institute will develop technologies for human settlement.
π The murder rate has dropped 17%. π½ Not alone anymore? πΆ Record number of internet users. π Autonomous vehicles cause fewer injuries and fatal crashes