Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Science
02/29/2024
What Could Go Right? 275M Previously Undiscovered DNA Variants
A federal health project is adding to our trove of knowledge on the human genome.
02/22/2024
What Could Go Right? Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Making It Big
An ethical, cheaper alternative indistinguishable from natural diamonds
02/15/2024
What Could Go Right? A 2,000-Year-Old Blog Post on How to Enjoy Life
Lost to Vesuvius, the library it belonged to can now be read, thanks to Internet nerds.
01/25/2024
What Could Go Right? The centenarian century
We’re all living longer. So long that the number of the world’s oldest people will quadruple in the next few decades.
12/21/2023
What Could Go Right? Hopescrolling 2023
Something good happened every week of this year.
12/14/2023
What Could Go Right? A new sickle cell treatment
May last a lifetime. It’s also the world’s first gene therapy for the disease.
11/27/2023
Progress in 5 Minutes: Psychedelics to the rescue
Long-overdue research about, legalization of, and enthusiasm for therapeutic psychedelics are spreading.
09/24/2023
NASA returns its largest asteroid sample to Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid brought its rubbly haul back to Earth Sunday.
09/07/2023
Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time
Early kidney structures made of mostly human cells have been grown in pig embryos for up to 28 days as part of efforts to grow human organs in other animals for transplants
06/29/2023
What Could Go Right? AI everywhere
Plus, wins for pregnant women and women who don’t want to get pregnant.
06/15/2023
What Could Go Right? Beating cancer
With new tools and better data, we're slowly sending a global scourge into remission.
05/29/2023