World News for Students of English

31-12-2024 07:00

This year brought many exciting advancements. Technological innovations included a titanium heart that kept a man alive until a transplant, and AI tools that improved cancer detection by identifying early warning signs.

In medicine, groundbreaking trials included the first lung cancer vaccine, designed to help the immune system fight cancer cells. Besides this, Manuka honey was found to reduce breast cancer cell growth by 84%. A breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment reduced mortality by 40% with a new chemo-radiation method.

In environmental progress, deforestation in the Amazon decreased by 31%, while efforts to restore the Great Barrier Reef included planting heat-resistant coral. Solar power grew rapidly, and China built the world’s largest solar farm.

Social advancements included Thailand passing a same-sex marriage bill and the US capping insulin prices. Finally, space exploration achieved milestones like the first civilian spacewalk and NASA’s Solar Sail System for sunlight-powered spacecraft.

Difficult words: groundbreaking (innovative and new), mortality (death rate), cap (to place a limit or restriction on prices).

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