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Battery enables “massless” energy storage, scientists develop inhalable vaccines, world’s first wildlife bond
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China’s vegan revolution, seed-infused face masks, electronic ‘display textiles’
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Transparent wood, hydrogen cream, UK Muslim Council elects first female leader
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Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourists, Berlin launches second-hand shop, tool predicts risk of fractures
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California Startup Creates Animal-Free Substitute for Tuna, Rhino Poaching in South Africa Halves During Lockdown
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New Zealand Boosts Fishing Restrictions, Couple Turns Elephant Dung Into Gin, Size 75 Social Distancing Shoes
New Zealand is banning drift netting to protect endangered dolphins; South African “Indlovu Gin” is made with elephant dung; and a Romanian shoemaker makes size 75 shoes to encourage social distancing.
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Six-Country Initiative to Protect the Congo Basin, Teaching South African Children How to Code
Six Central African countries have announced an ambitious initiative to preserve the Congo Basin; Africa Teen Geeks, one of the largest computer science non-profit organisation in Africa, is teaching South African children how to code; and machine learning algorithms successfully monitor the annual wildebeest migration in Tanzania.
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EU Boosts Climate Change Budget, Progress Against Poachers in South Africa, AI Protects Seabirds
After Greta Thunberg’s speech in Brussels, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pledges billions of euros to fight climate change; anti-poaching efforts decrease rhino deaths in South Africa; and public data and machine learning help protecting seabirds in South Africa.
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Online Platform for Charitable Causes, “Fixing Rooms” Save Lives, First Solid-State Aircraft
South African platform ForGood works like an online dating platform, but matches skills and services for the NGO sector; medical supervision in so-called ‘fixing rooms’ is saving lives by ensuring that addicts get the help and medical care they need; and the first-ever solid-state aircraft uses no moving parts, pointing to a carbon-neutral future.
