Argentine Senate approves bill to legalise abortion
Argentina becomes the fourth country in Latin America to legalise abortion.
30/12/2020 Al Jazeera
December
December 2020
Exclusive: A $5 billion foundation literally founded on oil money is saying goodbye to fossil fuels
The Rockefeller Foundation, a 107-year-old philanthropy built by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, is breaking up with fossil fuels in an effort to save the planet.
18/12/2020 CNN
MacKenzie Scott donates $4.2 billion to 384 organizations
MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday her second major charitable contribution of the year, giving away nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations as part of a plan to donate a majority of her fortune.
15/12/2020 CNN
1st Patients To Get CRISPR Gene-Editing Treatment Continue To Thrive
As the first patient to receive an experimental treatment that relied on the gene-editing technique CRISPR continues to do well 17 months later, more patients seem to be benefiting, too.
15/12/2020 NPR
'Happy corals': climate crisis sanctuary teeming with life found off east Africa
Scientists have discovered a climate crisis refuge for coral reefs off the coast of Kenya and Tanzania, where species are thriving despite warming events that have killed their neighbours.
15/12/2020 The Guardian
Virginia woman does 53 acts of kindness for 53rd birthday
The pandemic didn’t allow Debra Ferrell to gather with her whole family for her birthday. So instead, she celebrated the day by giving back — with 53 gifts from her heart.
14/12/2020 The Independent
‘I was in prison at 20 - and a music executive by 28’
As he faced jail, the life Niyah Smith had once dreamed of looked impossible. But then came a chance to turn his fortunes around.
13/12/2020 BBC
Efforts to rewild the capital’s rivers are yielding results, finds report
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09/12/2020 Positive News
Certain corals can recover from bleaching during prolonged heatwaves
Corals that are in partnerships with certain kinds of symbiotic algae are able to recover from bleaching, even while marine heatwaves are ongoing
08/12/2020 NewScientist
Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?
Earlier this year, the startup claimed to have a revolutionary solid-state lithium-ion cell that could change EVs forever. Now it has data to prove it.
08/12/2020 Wired
He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares
Patrick Skluzacek suffered from PTSD-related nightmares, which were ruining his life. His son, Tyler, created a smartwatch application to disrupt them. The app recently won FDA approval.
06/12/2020 NPR
Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease
Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people
05/12/2020 The Independent
Experimental brain implants in monkeys offer hope for restoring vision in blind people
Scientists are a step closer to restoring the sight of blind people using brain implants, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience said, after a series of successful experiments on monkeys.
03/12/2020 CNN
Indian teacher wins $1m prize for promoting girls’ education
Ranjitsinh Disale, selected from 12,000 nominations, opts to share Global Teacher Prize money with nine other finalists.
03/12/2020 Al Jazeera
'Time' Names Its Kid Of The Year: Water-Testing Scientist Gitanjali Rao
Rao, a Colorado teenager who has won praise for her innovation in detecting lead levels in water, said, "I really want to put out that message: If I can do it, you can do it, and anyone can do it."
03/12/2020 NPR
