Episode 10: Restoring the Amazon, Quantum Computers and UNICEF drops the mic

In this episode: the Brazilian government is collaborating with indigenous people to restore the Amazon, breakthroughs in quantum computing at Oxford, enzyme imaging at Stanford show promise for future technological and medical advancements, UNICEF reports significant improvements in child survival rates, education, and health and more!

Restoring the Amazon

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/2024/12/plano-de-regeneracao-da-amazonia-vai-incluir-concessao-florestal-de-areas-degradadas.shtml? 

Nerds and quantum computers

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-information-teleportation/?

Cleaning the arctic

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/national/more-than-50k-pounds-of-trash-removed-from-the-arctic

Nerds and enzymes

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/quantitative-comparisons-of-enzymes-in-action-could-reshape-biochemistry? 

Great news from UNICEF

https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/10-ways-investing-childrens-well-being-changed-world 

The global south and renewables 

https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/? 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-24/china-is-rewiring-the-global-south-with-clean-power?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDU2NTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTcwMjczLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzdKUzlUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQUU2NkEzRDc2MzA0MkRBQjgwMzI1NDBBOTQ4OTAyOCJ9.OpUcaJxI3jWJye7u4b2cj-MQ8WFZ3lYw3VfoOMCUDiw&ref=fixthenews.com&leadSource=uverify wall

The news about news:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/strain-media-overload

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli 

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