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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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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.
March 10 For years, Honduras was the only nation in the Americas to have an absolute ban on the sale or use of emergency contraception, also known as morning-after or "Plan B" pills.
2023 C.E.
March 9 Bone cancer research has taken a meaningful step forward, with scientists identifying a single drug candidate that shows activity across all the major types of primary bone cancer — a group of diseases that have long resisted a unified treatment approach. Because these cancers disproportionately affect children and young people, the stakes are especially high. The compound appears to target something the different subtypes share biologically, which could open new research directions well beyond...
2023 C.E.
March 9 # Excerpt\n\nIndia's renewable energy ambitions just got a tangible boost. Adani Green Energy has completed a 700 megawatt solar-wind hybrid project in Rajasthan that pairs solar panels with wind turbines on the same site—smoothing out the gaps that would otherwise force utilities back to fossil fuels. The design is elegant: solar peaks during the day, wind fills in at night and across seasons, delivering power at an efficiency rate of at least 50%, exceptional...
2023 C.E.
March 7 In 2006, the U.S. EPA banned the agricultural use of lindane, linked to anemia, lung cancer, and lymphoma. In 2010, it began to phase out endosulfan, which experts say may damage the liver and kidneys.
2023 C.E.
March 7 The expungement is the latest byproduct of the constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters, which legalized pot for adults and cleared the way for Missourians to have their records cleared.
2023 C.E.
March 6 Gene therapy has cured 19-month-old Teddi Shaw of metachromatic leukodystrophy, making her the first NHS patient treated for this rare, fatal nervous system disease. After a single infusion of Libmeldy at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, she's now running around, chattering away, and showing no signs of the illness that typically kills children before age eight. The treatment works by correcting a faulty gene in the child's own stem cells, eliminating the disease at its...
2023 C.E.
March 6 For the first time, the world has a binding legal framework to protect life across the high seas — the vast international waters that cover roughly half of Earth's surface and have long existed beyond the reach of environmental law. More than 190 countries agreed to the deal, which creates a pathway to establish marine protected areas in waters that are currently almost entirely unguarded. The ocean absorbs carbon, produces oxygen, and sustains biodiversity...
2023 C.E.
March 3 Scotland's operating rooms are showing the world how healthcare can lead on climate — not just follow. A single anesthetist ran the numbers in 2017, found that one shift's worth of desflurane equaled driving 670 miles, and simply stopped using it; that peer-to-peer shift eventually became national law. The replacement anesthetic still carries environmental costs, and doctors are candid that this is a small fraction of healthcare's total carbon footprint. But the real story...
2023 C.E.
March 3 For ages, caste has governed nearly every aspect of Hindu religious and social life, with each group maintaining a distinct position in this complicated hierarchy.
2023 C.E.
March 3 LGBTQ+ Michiganders now have explicit state protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations — a shift advocates spent 40 years fighting for. The law passed through the legislature rather than a court ruling, giving it a democratic mandate that's harder to reverse than a judicial interpretation. Attorney General Dana Nessel pointed to real families harmed in the gap between marriage equality and workplace protection — those actions are now unlawful. Still, advocates note that...
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