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🌱 Galápagos plant that was down to six individuals is recovering
In 2007, only six Galápagos snapdragon plants remained. Today, 28 adult plants grow at two sites on Isabela island. In 2024, the plant returned to Caleta Tagus, where the only known specimen was collected in 1962.
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⚰️ Homicides per capita have fallen. 📊 AI has created a million new jobs in the US. 🕵️ AI chatbots saw through Russian and Chinese disinformation.
🏭 India's coal power has stopped growing for the first time in more than 50 years
India is using more electricity than ever, and demand grew by 7 percent over two years. Yet the country is not producing more electricity from coal. Clean energy met the entire increase. India is the world's third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
💣 Cambodia cleared mines from an area 13 times the size of Manhattan in six months
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre cleared 75,132 hectares of land contaminated by landmines in the first half of the year, reaching 82% of its annual target. The number of people killed or injured by mines has fallen from more than 4,000 a year in the 1990s to fewer than 100 a year.
💉 Ebola spread is slowing and vaccines are on the way
The spread of Ebola is declining in most of the affected provinces in Congo, according to the WHO. A large Phase 3 trial of Ebola vaccines is expected to start within the next few weeks. Frontline workers will be offered a vaccine in a separate study that starts within days.
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⚰️ Homicides per capita have fallen. 📊 AI has created a million new jobs in the US. 🕵️ AI chatbots saw through Russian and Chinese disinformation.
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