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The world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news.
A Timeline of Human History
We are building the world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news. Change is not only possible, it has happened consistently throughout human history.
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2023 C.E.
May 18 “A universal influenza vaccine would be a major public health achievement and could eliminate the need for both annual development of seasonal influenza vaccines,” said Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, acting NIAID Director.
2023 C.E.
May 17 In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court of Namibia has ruled that the government is required to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other nations between citizens and foreign nationals.
2023 C.E.
May 17 The bills protect providers from discipline for providing legally protected reproductive and gender affirming health care services.
2023 C.E.
May 17 Fusion energy just took a big step from lab to grid: Helion Energy has signed the world's first commercial fusion power purchase agreement, promising Microsoft at least 50 megawatts of electricity from a plant targeted to come online in 2028. That timeline is roughly a decade ahead of most expert projections for commercial fusion. Helion has already built six prototypes and reached the 100-million-degree plasma temperatures considered necessary for self-sustaining reactions, with Constellation handling...
2023 C.E.
May 17 Four years after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, the legislature has passed an amendment that makes the process of adoption for same-sex partners the same as for any other couple under Taiwan’s existing laws.
2023 C.E.
May 16 Pfizer's RSV vaccine ABRYSVO just became the first licensed option for at-risk adults as young as 18, closing a long-standing protection gap for younger people living with chronic conditions. About one in ten U.S. adults aged 18 to 49 has a condition like diabetes, asthma, or heart failure that raises their risk of severe RSV illness — and until now, they had nothing. The vaccine targets RSV's prefusion F protein, a breakthrough that finally...
2023 C.E.
May 15 Compared to existing methods, the researchers found that CoDE-ACS could rule out a heart attack in more than double the number of patients, with an accuracy of 99.6%.
2023 C.E.
May 15 By 2025, 2% of fuel offered at EU airports must be sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). This must rise to 6% by 2030, 20% by 2035, and 70% of by 2050.
2023 C.E.
May 11 Parkinson's disease may finally have a name attached to its cause: researchers at the University of Helsinki have identified specific strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria in the gut as the likely trigger behind most cases. Professor Per Saris estimates that about 90 percent of cases trace back to environmental exposure to these bacteria, with genetics accounting for only the remaining sliver. Because the culprit lives in the gut, it can in principle be screened for...
2023 C.E.
May 11 The first of many solar and wind projects in China’s deserts is now online, and it’s capable of powering a staggering 1.5 million households.
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