💡 Warp News #290
🐆 Endangered Amur leopard population increases. 🧠 New technology to analyze thousands of cells simultaneously. 👴 Ozempic shown to reverse biological aging.
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📱 25 years since the Nokia 3310 – feeling nostalgic?
In September 2000, Nokia released a new model. It was called the 3310, and it became one of the best-selling mobile phones of all time. It reached cult status for its durability.
In the US, Blackberry was big. These are just a couple of the old gadgets and phenomena that some people miss.
Personally, I’m extremely non-nostalgic and rarely look back in that way.
But then I came across a new word that helps me feel a bit of longing – and that can also help those who truly mourn the past to process their feelings. The risk, of course, is that one glorifies what once was. “The good old days!"
Which is usually not true. But still, many people feel that way.
This week’s Premium Supporter article (open for everyone) is about this new word: Techelegy.
And I reveal the one thing from the past that I actually do miss.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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📼 Techelegy
A new word, helping us cope with the sorrow for what has been lost, and look forward to what is to come.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
👴 Ozempic shown to reverse biological aging
A study showed that Ozempic treatment for 32 weeks reduced biological age by an average of 3.1 years.
🧠 New technology to analyze thousands of cells simultaneously - could transform treatment of brain diseases
The technology can identify early warning signals for Alzheimer's before symptoms appear, when treatments have a better chance of working.
📊 Heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany for the first time
139,000 heat pumps were sold during the first half of 2025, compared to 132,500 gas boilers according to industry data.
🛢️ Abandoned oil refinery becomes home to 3,200 species
The site hosts almost 12 percent rare, threatened or near-threatened species out of 3,200 documented species in total.
🐆 Endangered Amur leopard population increases to 130 individuals
Researchers' monitoring with over 200 camera traps shows the population is spreading across borders.
☀️ Africa reaches record levels for solar panel imports
Africa's solar panel imports increased by 60 percent during the past 12 months. Twenty countries set new records for solar panel imports during the period.
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