26th November 2023

2030 – China's nuclear stockpile exceeds 1,000

During the late 2010s, China began to significantly ramp up its stockpile of nuclear weapons. By 2030, it has amassed over 1,000 warheads.

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24th November 2023

America's first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility is unveiled

A new direct air capture (DAC) facility developed by California-based startup Heirloom uses limestone rocks to pull already-emitted CO2 from Earth's atmosphere.

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18th November 2023

New record solar cell efficiency

A new record high efficiency of 33.9% is reported for a silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell.

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15th November 2023

Gene therapy cuts cholesterol by up to 55%

A new gene-editing therapy dramatically reduced bad cholesterol (LDL-C) in people at high risk of early heart attack, according to interim results from Verve Therapeutics in Boston.

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14th November 2023

NVIDIA announces H200 Tensor Core GPU

The world's most valuable chip maker has officially announced a next-generation processor for AI and high-performance computing workloads, due for launch in mid-2024. A new exascale supercomputer designed specifically for large AI models is also planned.

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10th November 2023

Carbon budget for 1.5°C will be exhausted by 2029

The world has even less time to shift away from fossil fuels than previously thought, according to a new analysis of global CO2 emissions.

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7th November 2023

OpenAI's Sam Altman hints at next-generation AI

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and DALL·E 3, held its first developer conference yesterday. In addition to new products and model upgrades, CEO Sam Altman hinted at something much greater that may be arriving soon.

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6th November 2023

NASA probe finds new asteroid during flyby

Dinkinesh, previously thought to be a single asteroid, is revealed by NASA's Lucy probe to in fact be a binary pair.

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4th November 2023

New treatment reverses epigenetic age of rats by 67.4%

A groundbreaking study into anti-aging has reported significant rejuvenation effects using exosomes, tiny particles which can be extracted from biological fluids. In laboratory tests, elderly rats treated with exosomes derived from young pigs showed dramatic improvements in a range of epigenetic biomarkers.

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1st November 2023

2034 – Saudi Arabia hosts the FIFA World Cup

The 25th FIFA World Cup is held in Saudi Arabia in 2034, with 48 teams competing.

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