234: System Two
Plus, the world's smallest national park, anthrobots, a golden age for workers, and good news on poverty in Vietnam, HIV in South Africa, methane restrictions in the US, and mangrove restoration in Mexico.
Plus, the world's smallest national park, anthrobots, a golden age for workers, and good news on poverty in Vietnam, HIV in South Africa, methane restrictions in the US, and mangrove restoration in Mexico.
Plus, a new charity partner, an update on global poverty, malaria vaccines in Africa, a new paradigm for conservation in British Columbia, and China's mind-blowing plans for its deserts.
Plus, cosmic goddess rays, orange peels, digital twin hearts, and good news on global poverty, gender gaps in science, ocean conservation in Papua New Guinea, and EV sales in Europe.
Plus, progress on HPV vaccines, poverty in Malaysia, a Mary Poppins economy in the United States, an ivory ban in Canada and the Bike Bus Movement goes global.
Plus, CRISPR gets clinical approval, hot-staging, making infrastructure sexy again, and good news on women's rights in Africa, poverty reduction in Malaysia, a whale sanctuary in the Dominican Republic, and solar power in India.
Plus, global inequality, school meals programs, maternal care in the DRC, human rights in Latvia, conservation in Tibet, and tree planting in Kenya
Plus, bad vibes versus good data, airships, weeding robots, and progress on tuberculosis, yellow fever, human rights in Latvia, carbon emissions in China, solar in Poland, and deforestation in Colombia.
Plus, leprosy in the Maldives, maternal care in Bangladesh, Paul Hawken on regeneration, the first of the Klamath dams goes down, and guerilla rewilding in the United Kingdom.
Plus protostars, applebots, Werner Herzog, and good news on leprosy in the Maldives, disaster preparedness in Odisha, dam removal on the Klamath, and global projections on fossil gas.
Plus, open defecation, vaccinations in Nigeria, labour victories in America, rewilding golf courses, conservation in Colombia and sea turtles in Florida
Plus, fluorescent squirrels, Luddites, restoring lost senses, and good news on neglected tropical diseases in Africa, reproductive rights in France, brown bears in Europe, and an earlier-than-expected peak in carbon emissions.
Plus, progress on tax evasion, Americans with disabilities, a breakthrough on cervical cancer, fishing bans in Cameroon, mangroves in China, anti-trafficking in Malaysia, and plastic reduction in Indonesia.
Plus, talking trees, Project Silica, and good news on girls' education, crime in the UK, renewables in Spain and ocean conservation in New Zealand
Plus, polio eradication, falling crime in the United States, falling poverty in Cabo Verde, reforestation in China, the Ocean Cleanup, and a possible ban on fossil fuel cars in Stockholm
Plus, a really cute robot, Ghost in Hong Kong, why you're living in an explosion, and good news on polio eradication, conservation in Israel, education in low-income countries, and a carbon border tax in Europe
Plus, a bad week for humanity, the deer stones of Mongolia, fractal robot fingers, and good news on global poverty, malaria vaccines, conservation in the Caribbean, and falling emissions from the global power sector.
Plus, a game-changing treatment for cystic fibrosis, eco-concrete, white hydrogen, a victory for indigenous rights in Brazil, and cycling in the United States
Plus dark stars, human cells, the sterile world of infinite choice, and good news on maternal and child health in Asia, social attitudes in the UK, Indigenous rights in Brazil, new hope for net zero, and crime (and cycling) in the United States.
We’re still unpacking the answers, but we have spotted a few common threads
Plus, girls' education in Nigeria, crime in NYC, Chicago and LA, wildlife crossings in Texas, a new nature reserve in Bolivia and elephants in southern Africa