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The world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news.
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2023 C.E.
September 27 Researchers at the University of North Carolina have developed an AI model that can predict in real-time whether or not cancerous tissue has been fully removed during breast cancer surgery. The model performed as well as, or better than, human doctors.
2023 C.E.
September 26 At schools where 25% of families participate in income-based public benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the U.S. federal government now will cover the cost of free meals for all enrolled students. Previously, the qualifying threshold was 40%.
2023 C.E.
September 25 A writ of kalikasan — a rare Philippine legal remedy reserved for environmental threats spanning multiple provinces — has halted nickel mining on the ancestral lands of the Pala'wan people in Brooke's Point, Palawan. The August 2023 Supreme Court ruling protects Mount Mantalingahan, a 120,457-hectare sacred range and watershed for five municipalities, where roughly 80% of the mining concession sat inside the core protected zone. For the Pala'wan, who have refused consent since 2005,...
2023 C.E.
September 25 A tooth regrowth drug has entered human clinical trials in Japan, offering a potential third option alongside dentures and implants. The treatment works by blocking USAG-1, a gene that acts as a natural brake on tooth development, freeing the body to grow new teeth on its own. Researchers confirmed the approach first in mice, then in ferrets, before moving to people, and a pediatric trial is planned for children with anodontia, a rare condition...
2023 C.E.
September 22 Ocean protection just took a huge leap forward: more than 76 countries and the European Union signed the High Seas Treaty on its very first day open for signatures at the U.N. General Assembly. The agreement creates the first-ever legal framework to establish protected areas across international waters, which cover two-thirds of the planet yet remain almost entirely unguarded. It also requires that benefits from marine genetic resources — think pharmaceuticals drawn from deep-sea...
2023 C.E.
September 21 The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors securing America’s net-zero future. Members have agreed to collectively reach 20 million climate-friendly heat pump installations across the coalition by 2030, with the aim of ensuring at least 40% of benefits flow to disadvantaged communities.
2023 C.E.
September 21 Indigenous land rights just got a powerful boost in Brazil, where the Supreme Court struck down a doctrine that required native communities to prove they were physically living on their land the day the 1988 constitution was signed. Six of the court's 11 justices voted to reject the rule, immediately restoring territory to the Xokleng people of Santa Catarina, whose ancestors were violently driven from their homes more than a century ago. Legal experts...
2023 C.E.
September 20 This milestone follows Volvo’s previous announcement in 2022 to discontinue the development of new internal combustion engines. By selling its stake in Aurobay, the joint venture responsible for its remaining combustion engine assets, Volvo redirected its focus entirely towards electric powertrains.
2023 C.E.
September 18 Women's political representation in India could be on the verge of a historic shift. A bill reserving one in three seats in parliament's lower house and state assemblies for women cleared cabinet in 2023 — the furthest the legislation has traveled since it was first introduced in 1996 — and would more than double the current number of female members. Approval isn't the same as enacted law, though, and analysts warn that rotating reserved...
2023 C.E.
September 18 Researchers from the University of Chicago have created a new vaccine that can effectively treat these debilitating diseases in a way that doesn’t require suppressing the entire immune system and thus prevents a variety of negative side effects.
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