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🏍️ Electric motorcycles accelerate in Africa
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (519+ words) Industry leader Spiro has delivered more than 100,000 electric motorcycles and built over 2,500 battery swapping stations. In Kenya, electric motorcycles now account for at least 16 percent of all motorcycle sales. Electric motorcycles are becoming more common in several African countries. Tens…...
🔬 Most of what's inside the cell is invisible, a new laser method could change that
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (609+ words) Today's cryo-electron microscopes reveal only about 10% of human proteins, and less than 1% inside living cells. A new technique sharply improves image contrast using a laser 100 million times brighter than the Sun's surface. Researchers estimate over 50% of the cell's proteins could…...
📉 Deaths from intestinal infections have fallen by two-thirds since 1990, from 3.7 to 1.3 million
1+ week, 2+ day ago (484+ words) The rotavirus vaccine, introduced globally in 2006, is up to 98 percent effective against severe illness in infants in high-income countries. The share of deaths affecting children under five fell from 53 percent in 1990 to 30 percent in 2023. The number of deaths from infections…...
🤑 New research: Freer economies grew without harming the environment
1+ week, 4+ day ago (590+ words) A study of 49 economic liberalizations shows that GDP per person rose 16 percent within ten years. Total greenhouse gas emissions did not increase, and deaths from air pollution declined. After the year 2000, emissions fell both per person and per dollar of…...
🇺🇳 The number of refugees in the world fell last year for the first time in a decade
2+ week, 1+ day ago (385+ words) The global number of refugees dropped by 3 percent during 2025 to 41.6 million. A total of 14.7 million displaced people returned to their home or origin areas during the year. Nearly 46,000 stateless people gained citizenship across 24 countries. For the first time in a…...
☀️ Solar overtakes gas in Asia
2+ week, 5+ day ago (719+ words) Solar power has surpassed gas to become Asia’s third-largest source of electricity. Solar generation in Asia has nearly quadrupled since 2020, reaching 1,727 terawatt hours over the twelve months to April 2026. Solar power has now overtaken gas as a source of electricity…...
📉 Australia's gas use has peaked and is now declining
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (471+ words) Gas use in Australia has peaked across all sectors after more than half a century of growth. Gas for electricity generation has fallen 11 percent since 2014, and residential gas use peaked in 2020. Gas use in Australia has peaked and is now…...
⛽ Petrol cars have vanished from China's ten best-selling vehicles
3+ week, 2+ day ago (526+ words) In May, all of China's ten best-selling cars were electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. Petrol cars have completely vanished from the list. Sales of new petrol cars in China have fallen by 41.8 percent compared with a year earlier. In May,…...
💰 EU cut emissions by 17 percent in a decade while the economy grew just as much
3+ week, 4+ day ago (427+ words) The EU's greenhouse gas emissions were 17.2 percent lower in 2025 than in 2015. Over the same period, the EU's GDP rose by 17.5 percent. Emissions fell in 23 of the EU's 27 countries. In 2025, greenhouse gas emissions from the EU's economy and households were estimated…...
📚 The angry optimist's summer reading tips
3+ week, 4+ day ago (318+ words) A handful of books that will hopefully make your summer better. On April 1, 2026, Apple turned 50. David Pogue does an excellent job of telling the company's entire history. Beyond the big picture, I particularly appreciated his account of the years when…...