Good news from 2020 (yes, there was some!)
There’s no doubt that 2020 will leave a mark for a long time to come. It was the year the world was paralyzed by a nasty little virus. The pandemic overshadowed certain pieces of good news for humanity.
2020 was a difficult year that ended on a positive note. And – since we’re all eternal optimists (we’d still be in our caves otherwise!) – we thought we’d list five highlights that made the biggest impression on us!
- A French start-up boosted the performance of an insatiable enzyme capable of devouring the world’s most used plastic (PET).
- Polio is on the way to being totally eradicated on the African continent – so says the WHO (although there are still some traces of the disease in Sudan).
- Paternity leave in France is going to double in length from 14 to 28 days in response to several social issues.
- A promising gene therapy, the Crispr-Cas9 genome, has been used in a trial to treat inherited diseases such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.
- The ozone layer can recover – yes, it’s can! The largest ozone hole above the North Pole was recorded in March 2020… and was resorbed a month later. Although it’s not a long-term cure, it does give hope: the ozone layer can recover too.
These are just five pieces of good news among many others from 2020!
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