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More People, More Food: Why Ehrlich and Thanos Got It Wrong
https://humanprogress.org/more-people-more-food-why-ehrlich-and-thanos-got-it-wrong/
Published: May 13, 2025 21:34
In 1900, the U.S. Census recorded a total population of 76.3 million, including 11 million farmers. Today, with a population nearing 340 million, the number of farmers has dropped to just 2.72 million. At the turn of the century, each farmer fed 6.94…
ChatGPT’s Great Effect on Students’ Learning Performance
https://humanprogress.org/chatgpts-great-effect-on-students-learning-performance/
Published: May 13, 2025 17:01
“As a new type of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT is becoming widely used in learning. However, academic consensus regarding its efficacy remains elusive. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of ChatGPT in improving students’ learning performance,…
Draft Executive Orders to Speed Construction of Nuclear Plants
https://humanprogress.org/draft-executive-orders-aim-to-speed-construction-of-nuclear-plants/
Published: May 13, 2025 16:01
“The Trump administration is considering several executive orders aimed at speeding up the construction of nuclear power plants to help meet rising electricity demand, according to drafts reviewed by The New York Times. The draft orders say the United…
Startup Makes AI-Driven Minerals Find Down Under
https://humanprogress.org/startup-makes-ai-driven-minerals-find-down-under/
Published: May 13, 2025 15:20
“A startup using AI to guide geologic exploration believes it has found a major Australian deposit of indium, a rare metal used in solar panels, LCD screens and semiconductors… The company, which recently raised a $20 million Series B round, told Axios…
AI Beats Human Doctors at Diagnosing Rashes from Pictures
https://humanprogress.org/google-ai-beats-human-doctors-at-diagnosing-rashes-from-pictures/
Published: May 13, 2025 15:08
“An upgraded version of Google’s medical chatbot can use smartphone photos to diagnose rashes and can evaluate a host of other types of medical imagery — improving the bot’s ability to pinpoint the cause of ailments. An earlier version of the…
A Promising Clinical Trial Is Helping People Walk Again
https://humanprogress.org/a-promising-clinical-trial-is-helping-people-walk-short-distances-again/
Published: May 12, 2025 20:20
“For those who’ve suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury and are paralyzed, there’s rarely encouraging news, which is why what’s happening in early clinical trials in a research lab in Lausanne, Switzerland is so remarkable. A renowned French…
Physicists Turn Lead Into Gold for a Fraction of a Second
https://humanprogress.org/physicists-turn-lead-into-gold-for-a-fraction-of-a-second/
Published: May 12, 2025 20:19
“The dream of seventeenth-century alchemists has been realized by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), who have turned lead into gold — albeit for only a fraction of a second and at tremendous cost. The not-so-mysterious transmutation happened at…
New RSV Treatment Linked to Fall in Baby Hospitalizations
https://humanprogress.org/new-rsv-vaccine-treatment-linked-to-fall-in-baby-hospitalizations/
Published: May 12, 2025 19:46
“Far fewer babies went to the hospital struggling to breathe from RSV, a severe respiratory infection, after the debut of a new vaccine and treatment this season, according to an analysis published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention……
Waymo Scales Its Fleet Through US Manufacturing
https://humanprogress.org/waymo-scales-its-fleet-through-us-manufacturing/
Published: May 12, 2025 19:26
“Scaling Waymo One and meeting the increasing demand of our riders requires a growing fleet of vehicles integrated with our generalizable Waymo Driver. To support our growing U.S. ridership, we’re investing in our American manufacturing operation with a…
Doomslayer Newsletter (Week of 5/5/25)
https://humanprogress.org/doomslayer-newsletter-week-of-5-5-25/
Published: May 11, 2025 17:10
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Private Japanese Lunar Lander Enters Orbit Around Moon
https://humanprogress.org/private-lunar-lander-enters-orbit-around-moon-ahead-of-a-june-touchdown/
Published: May 9, 2025 14:40
“SpaceX launched Resilience with U.S-based Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander in January. Firefly got there first in March, becoming the first private outfit to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over. Another American…
India Has Significantly Reduced Poverty over the past Decade
https://humanprogress.org/india-has-significantly-reduced-poverty-over-the-past-decade/
Published: May 9, 2025 14:16
“Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty. Extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) fell from 16.2 percent in 2011-12 to 2.3 percent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above this line. Rural extreme poverty dropped from…
Distributed Energy Is Driving Latin America’s Energy Transition
https://humanprogress.org/distributed-energy-is-driving-latin-americas-energy-transition/
Published: May 9, 2025 13:59
“Distributed energy refers to a range of technologies that generate electricity at or near the place of use… Latin America and the Caribbean has seen a huge expansion of distributed energy, driven mostly by Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican…
Zoox to Scale up Robotaxi Production for Us Expansion
https://humanprogress.org/amazons-zoox-to-scale-up-robotaxi-production-for-us-expansion/
Published: May 9, 2025 13:20
“Amazon’s self-driving start-up Zoox will scale up production next year, as it accelerates plans for a commercial rollout of its fleet of robotaxis in the US. The company, which manufactures and operates a bespoke pod-shaped vehicle without a steering…
Electricity Access Reaches over 97 Percent in Nepal Municipalities
https://humanprogress.org/electricity-access-reaches-over-97-percent-in-nepal-municipalities/
Published: May 9, 2025 13:04
“The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has released a white paper outlining the current state of the country’s electricity sector. The document was unveiled within a month of Executive Director Hitendra Dev Shakya assuming office. According to the white…
Ontario Modular Reactor to Be First in “Western World,” GE Predicts
https://humanprogress.org/ontario-modular-reactor-to-be-first-in-western-world-ge-predicts/
Published: May 9, 2025 12:32
“Ontario officials have given final approval to construct a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy small modular reactor (SMR) that the company predicts will be the first SMR operating in the ‘Western world.’ Early site preparation is complete and construction…
Technological Progress Versus Degrowth as Solutions to the Sixth Mass Extinction
Published: May 8, 2025 19:22
Summary: Many environmentalists warn that human activity is causing a sixth mass extinction, and advocate economic stagnation or degrowth to slow or reverse the damage. Contrary to their assumptions, the long-term survival of Earth’s wildlife likely…
Ghana Turns to Zipline Following Disruptions to Supply Chains
https://humanprogress.org/ghana-turns-to-zipline-following-disruptions-to-usaid-supply-chains/
Published: May 7, 2025 19:15
“In response to ongoing disruptions in United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded supply chains, the Government of Ghana has partnered with autonomous drone logistics company Zipline to maintain the flow of essential medical supplies…
X-Ray Reveals Ancient Greek Author of Vesuvius Scroll
Published: May 7, 2025 18:25
“A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa that was buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been identified as the influential work of an ancient Greek philosopher. Researchers discovered the title and author on the…
Amazon Robotics Devices Develop A Sense of Touch
https://humanprogress.org/amazons-robotics-leap-forward-with-device-having-sense-of-touch/
Published: May 7, 2025 18:15
“Amazon said it has made a ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses. The robots will be able to identify objects by touch…
Drone Deliveries Drastically Reduce Maternal Deaths in Ghana
Published: May 7, 2025 18:04
“A newly published study has highlighted the transformative impact of Zipline’s drone delivery system on healthcare in Ghana… The findings reveal a direct link between reliable medical supply availability and improved health system utilisation, leading to…
Largest Copper Find in 30 Years in Argentina Revealed
https://humanprogress.org/lundin-mining-reveals-largest-copper-find-in-30-years-in-argentina/
Published: May 6, 2025 20:19
“BHP Group’s joint-venture partner Lundin Mining Corp declared that the companies’ Filo del Sol project in South America to be the largest discovery of copper in three decades, based on new drilling and analysis. The undeveloped mine contains at least 13…
Grim Old Days: Roger Ekirch’s At Day’s Close, Part 2
https://humanprogress.org/grim-old-days-roger-ekirchs-at-days-close-part-2/
Published: May 6, 2025 13:50
Summary: A. Roger Ekirch’s book offers a vivid and unsettling portrait of life after dark before the modern era. In a world lit dimly by candles and haunted by both real and imagined dangers, the setting sun marked the beginning of fear, vulnerability, and…
Every Global Region Has Seen a Rise in Mobile Phone Use
https://humanprogress.org/every-global-region-has-seen-a-rise-in-mobile-phone-subscriptions/
Published: May 5, 2025 19:05
“Mobile phone subscriptions have risen sharply everywhere in just a few decades. Even in the poorest parts of the world, like Sub-Saharan Africa, subscriptions grew from just 2 per 100 people to 89. In South Asia, they went from less than 1 to 84.” From…
New Medicine Spares Cancer Patients from Harsh Surgeries
https://humanprogress.org/medicine-spares-cancer-patients-from-harsh-surgeries-and-therapies/
Published: May 5, 2025 18:53
“The researchers started with a group of 103 people. The trial participants were among the 2 to 3 percent of cancer patients with tumors that should respond to immunotherapy, a drug that overcomes barriers that prevent the immune system from attacking…
Powerful Protein Editors Offer New Ways of Probing Living Cells
https://humanprogress.org/powerful-protein-editors-offer-new-ways-of-probing-living-cells/
Published: May 5, 2025 18:49
“A powerful technique that directly edits proteins in living cells promises to help researchers to study proteins in improved ways. The technique relies on strings of amino acids called inteins, which can autonomously cut themselves out of proteins.…
Scientists Identify Antibodies That Neutralize Snake Bites
https://humanprogress.org/scientists-identify-antibodies-that-neutralize-snake-bites/
Published: May 5, 2025 18:45
“The video is just under two and a half minutes long. A slim man with close-cropped hair walks into a room, pulls a long black mamba — whose venom can kill within an hour — from a crate and allows it to bite his left arm. Immediately after, he lets a…