While the pandemic didn't miraculously disappear, 2021 wasn't all bad. Here is a snapshot of the good stuff, from vaccinations to cheese.
Philosophers might ask, “Is it really good news to say we’ve developed a small solution to a monstrously large, terrible, terrible, terrible ongoing problem that we ourselves created? Is it really something to celebrate?” to which we say: Just give us this one, please, philosophers, it’s all we’ve got. Throughout 2021, UK-based startup Ellipsis Earth has been mapping the scale of the world’s plastic pollution with camera-equipped drones that are able to identify the exact origin of the trash.
Read more atIf ever there was a year that aliens would say “hiya,” it was 2021—the year in which we reached unprecedented heights of “Yep, we’re living in a simulation.” Anyway, the aliens didn’t say “hiya” , but we got the next best thing: NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully converted some of Mars’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen in April.
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