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💡 Warp News #215
📉 Fewer died in wars in 2023. 📚 Sales of print books have increased 22% since 2004. 🏎️ Hospital cuts waiting lists with Formula 1 pitstop method. 👵 Surprise! Life expectancy in the U.S. is still going up.
💡 Warp News #214
⛈️ AI achieves precise weather predictions on desktop computers. 🏆 Science Breakthrough of the Year: Obesity drugs. 🛰️ Starlink's space internet traffic nearly triples in 2023. ♻️ Cling Systems secures vital funding to propel battery circularity.
💡 Warp News #213
📱 Study: No impact of screen time on children's brains. 🌞 Solar power has seen a remarkable increase in capacity worldwide - and that is just the beginning. 👩💻 New studies: No negative mental health impact from internet and social media. ⚡ World's first fourth-generation nuclear reactor starts up.
💡 Warp News #212
🐳 Blue whales returning to the Indian Ocean. 🏆 XPRIZE aims to add 10 healthy years of life - $101 million in prize money. 🦾 Deepmind's AI discovers millions of new materials. 🤧 First steps towards a universal flu vaccine.
💡 Warp News #211
📉 Over 200 000 annual deaths averted through lower carbon emissions. 🩸 Promising results in cholesterol-lowering CRISPR treatment trial. 🌳 Allowing existing trees to grow could store a third of our carbon emissions. 🔋 Record low cost for electric vehicle batteries in 2023.
💡 Warp News #210
🍛 Bangladesh added one more year of healthy life for just $1. 🔋 Northvolt's new battery needs less rare minerals. 🚀 Starship exploded, but made progress. 🍿 Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI could reduce animation movie costs by 90%.
💡 Warp News #209
🌳 Ecuador's forests are making a comeback. 🏭 First commercial carbon capture plant in the U.S. inaugurated. 🌊 Desalinates 49,000 liters of water daily, powered by ocean waves. 📉 China's CO2 emissions set to decline in 2024.
💡 Warp News #208
👵 Dementia has started to decline. ☂️ An astronaut proposes a space parasol. 🦋 England's rivers increase in invertebrate diversity. 🧬 AlphaFold will speed up drug discovery.
💡 Warp News #207
🌱 Rhubarbs key to recycling electric car batteries ♿ Record high employment and education levels among disabled Americans. 📲 Oxford researchers: Overblown fears about misinformation from AI.