📈 Human Progress
👂 Breakthrough in the treatment of tinnitus
Hearing phantom sounds, such as screeching or buzzing, is a common problem for those with tinnitus, but the cause behind the symptoms can vary – and is sometimes completely unknown. Treatment of tinnitus has long been sought without direct progress. Often,...
📉 Sweden gets more from less
Too few positive books and newspaper articles are written about the state of the world. Apart from a few clearly shining stars like Steven Pinker and the late Hans Rosling, there have been more doomsday prophets than optimists. MIT researcher Andrew McAfee is...
🐆 After 70 years – Cheetahs are reintroduced to India
During this month (August) a big group of cheetahs will be moved from South Africa and Namibia to India as a way of reintroducing the species after it’s been extinct for 70 years. This ambitious conservation project is the first to move a large carnivore...
🧮 New method will teach children to count better
Children normally learn to count by counting forwards and backwards one step at a time. To calculate, for example, six plus two, the child starts from six and counts up on the fingers to seven, eight. It works well for simple calculations, but it does not provide a...
