💡 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.
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💡 Optimistic news from May
May brought 22 optimistic news and seven premium articles. Several of them focused on democracy, coinciding with this year's Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
A heartening piece of news was that globally, democracy enjoys record support, with 85 percent of all people in favor. However, many are dissatisfied with how democracy functions in their country, which made me ponder that democracy must evolve.
In Copenhagen, I met Leopoldo López, who is building a global alliance of democracy defenders, and witnessed the Georgian startup Vinici (which I had the honor of mentoring) win an award.
But as usual, there have been many other great things happening. Indiwa's forests are growing, polio is on its last legs, Earth has reached "peak pollution," and Waymo's self-driving taxis are making 50,000 trips a week.
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Mathias Sundin
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💡 22 fact-based optimistic news from May
🌍 We have passed "peak pollution". 👩⚕️ We are close to eradicating polio. 🧠 Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind. 🚗 Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. 🏭 Record reduction in emissions within the EU emissions trading system.
🗳️ The startup VINICI creates a rhetorical timeline of what politicians have said - fighting for democracy in Georgia
Georgia has passed a Russian-inspired law that classifies many democracy activists as foreign agents. A step towards harsher repression. But there are many who are fighting back. VINICI is building a tool that can influence the election in Georgia this fall.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🚑 New Indian traffic safety model to save lives in poor countries
Zero Fatality Corridor has reduced road fatalities by over 50 percent on specific stretches in India. The model is adapted to the conditions of low- and middle-income countries. The Indian government plans to expand the model to the country’s 15 most dangerous highways.
🛰️ NASA has discovered a way to predict flash droughts months in advance
Flash droughts occur suddenly and quickly, but now researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have found a way to detect them early. Plants' "glow" diminishes before a flash drought, and this change can be observed by satellites.
🌳 India's forests have steadily increased over the past 15 years
India ranks globally as third in net gain of average annual forest area between 2010 and 2020. They have prioritized biodiversity and conservation with an expanded network of protected areas.
🌼 A periodic table for flowering plants has been created – includes 9,500 species
Researchers analyzed 1.8 billion genetic letters from over 9,500 species of flowering plants. The research reveals the evolutionary history of flowering plants.
👨🏫 Microsoft to train a quarter million Swedes in AI
The largest investment from Microsoft in Sweden to date. Among other things, 20,000 GPUs will be installed in the company's data centers and 250,000 Swedes will be trained in AI.
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