
The Crunch No. 135: Butterfly Effect
Plus, rocketeers, MDMA, swifts, wind power, de-worming, clean water, whales and yes, butterflies.
Plus, rocketeers, MDMA, swifts, wind power, de-worming, clean water, whales and yes, butterflies.
Plus, advice for grandparents, tidal power, QR codes in the sky, CRISPR for epigenomes, and good news on trachoma in The Gambia, a malaria vaccine in Burkina Faso, and island restoration in the Pacific and Caribbean.
Plus, hollowed out volcanoes, Porg the Pterosaur, an otherworldly flight, and good news on US climate goals, electric vehicles in Germany, poverty reduction in Ethiopia and a massive new Indigenous reserve in Peru.
Plus, Jurassic Park, cross-sport lesbian power couples, Lost Tapes of the 27 Club, good news on decoupling carbon emissions, Guinea Worm eradication, denuclearization in Kazakhstan, animal rights in the US.
Plus, acrobatic book thieves, milky-blooded war androids, good news on sleeping sickness in Côte d'Ivoire, child poverty in Canada, offshore wind in the United States.
Plus, AI necromancy, Dolly Parton, timber skyscrapers, and good news on rabies in Latin America, clean energy in the UK, gazelles in Turkey, and cheetahs in India.
Plus, wild, sublime bodies, Asian democratic technocracy, 'The Adams Event', and good news on renewables in the EU, women's rights in Mexico, Pakistan and Lebanon, oil flaring in Ecuador and animal testing in Virginia.
Plus, robot stingrays, CodeMiko, augmented reality surgeries, and good news on coal in Hungary, hepatitis C in Egypt, cancer rates in Europe, and wildlife protection in China.
Plus, Starship ballet, Level 3 autonomy, and good news on malaria in Central America and Africa, a ban on corporal punishment in China, a huge market signal for plant-based meats, and an important victory for climate activists in the UK.
Plus, interactive dreaming, AI for soccer, Gamestop, and good news on clean energy in the US and China, human rights in India and Ecuador, drug reforms in Malaysia and New Jersey, and the recovery of the European bison.
Plus, the most liked TikTok of 2020, cryogenic ferrets, crazy new science, and good news on refugees in Colombia, a reprieve for the ozone layer, plummeting population growth in China, and a new national park in the United States.
Plus, sound-beaming, hydrogen paste, good news on a slavery ban in India, police reform in Denver, an ambitious conservation goal in the United States, and fisheries reform in Mozambique.
Plus, another antidote for environmental despair, transparent wood, genetic matching for couples and good news on terrorism in Pakistan, clean energy in South Australia, decriminalization in Oregon and seabirds in Namibia.
Plus, an antidote for environmental despair, photobiological art, biomimetic heat sinks, and good news on a global treaty on nuclear weapons, Guinea Worm eradication, clean energy in China, and the righting of an old wrong in Montana.
Plus, robot ballet, the most important Bitcoin essay of 2020, and good news on solar in Vietnam, indigenous land rights in Panama and the recovery of the world's smallest tern.
Plus, mysterious caves, the one-minute city, and good news on clean energy in Germany, women's rights in Argentina, child marriage in the Dominican Republic and a plastic ban in Mexico City.