💡 Warp News #192
👮 U.S. murder rate drops. 🌍 Successful trials of new meningitis vaccine in Africa. 🏭 Global climate emissions no longer on worst-case trajectory. 🍦 Sweet! Eat ice cream made from air.
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🍦 Sweet! Eat ice cream made from air
The ice cream is made from ingredients conjured out of thin air. A feat made possible by Finnish food tech company Solar Foods.
🚀 Now there is a factory in space
Varda Space Industries launched its first in-orbit manufacturing spacecraft on board a SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The spacecraft is designed to produce pharmaceutical drugs in orbit.
🏭 Global climate emissions no longer on worst-case trajectory
Global CO2 emissions no longer align with the direst predictions and are now veering towards a moderate trajectory. The rapidly accelerating energy transition drives the shift, courtesy of falling clean energy technology costs.
🌍 Successful trials of new meningitis vaccine in Africa
The vaccine has the potential to save up to 250,000 lives annually. NmCV-5, unlike current alternatives, provides protection against five main meningococcal strains, including the dangerous emerging X strain.
👮 U.S. murder rate sees a remarkable drop
The first five months of 2023 have seen a sharp decline in murder rate, in more than 90 cities across America.
🔭 Water found on a massive exoplanet by Webb telescope
Ten times the size of Jupiter and partly extremely hot. Despite this, the James Webb telescope has discovered water on the planet.
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