This week’s optimistic stories include the successful landing of Blue Ghost, a lunar lander, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, highlighting the advances being made in the privatization of space; the production rates and upcoming expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite production to meet increasing demand and expand coverage, with potentially universal coverage for all Americans; the recent discovery that the dormant X chromosome in women’s brains exhibits less cognitive decline and offers potential new avenues for treatment of age-related conditions and illnesses; and finally the advances being made in the field of de-extinction, as Colossal Biosciences successfully inserted woolly mammoth DNA into mice, which could provide a proof of concept for reintroducing extinct traits using CRISPR gene editing, with aims to have a living woolly mammoth by 2028.
These stories highlight advances in space, communication, medical, and biological research. Everyone should have access to fast, reliable internet everywhere, and we are getting closer to making that a reality.
We are seeing better understanding of how women’s brains age, which could lead to potential new treatments for age-related memory decline and illnesses.
