20+ facts that inspire positive hopes for the future (25 photos)

Everywhere you go now, it seems like there is bad news and everything in the world is anything but rosy. But in any situation you can find positive aspects that make you happy and give you hope. Users of the r/AskReddit forum shared facts about human achievements to date that inspire positive hopes for our future.





1. Stanford University made a major breakthrough in cancer treatment last month. Experts cured 90 out of 90 infected mice with various types of cancer with just one injection of the drug



2. Solar energy is developing





Solar energy is the most promising source of electricity today. It is capable of replacing and even displacing traditional fossil energy sources from the market, and there are opinions that in the future solar energy will be able to fully cover the world's electricity needs.

3. Water desalination



In some arid regions of the Earth, you literally have to fight for every liter of water. Most often today, industrial desalination is used - removing salts from water. This makes it possible to make increasingly larger volumes of water suitable for drinking.

4. Gene therapy



Gene therapy has the potential to become an innovative treatment for genetic diseases. This will give hope to patients and people caring for such patients. With the help of gene therapy, they restore the functioning of cells in which some genes work incorrectly or are missing, correct defects associated with DNA mutations, and so on. Today it is a rapidly developing field.

5. Although the world's bee population continues to decline, organizations around the world are actively taking action to save these insects. People build bee “hotels”, ban the use of substances harmful to them, and sow meadows with flowering plants



6. Biologists are going to restore the American chestnut - a fast-growing, rot- and cold-resistant tree with very nutritious fruits.



7. “Young people are developing faster and faster. I work as a university teacher and am amazed at how quickly they think and how flexible they can be in such a diverse society, adapting to all the changes. This was not the case in my 70s.”



8. Commercial space flights are already a reality. Experts have even recently said that prices for commercial space flights will drop in the 2030s. The next step will be space tourism



9. Mars exploration



Today, Mars is the most thoroughly studied planet in the solar system after Earth. It is constantly being explored - in July 2020, missions from three countries at once went to Mars: the USA, China and the UAE. And just recently, an experiment to simulate life on the Red Planet was completed in Israel. As part of the experiment, a dome was erected in the desert, simulating a base on Mars.

10. “I am surprised by the fact that space is still far from being fully explored. I wonder what discoveries await us in the future.”



11. Understanding History



“Today we know about many events that happened in the past. Other generations were not so accessible, and I am glad that we are honored with this.”

12. Bioengineering is developing. Experts are 3D printing organs that can be used by patients who need them



13. “Awareness of mental illness is growing and people are becoming more and more willing to help those in need.”



14. “It’s encouraging that people are increasingly realizing that change doesn’t just happen. More people are taking action to help and change the world.”



15. “Nowadays you can travel almost anywhere in the world, although this was not possible before.”



16. “The world is moving forward despite all this bad news. People are setting goals, becoming more aware. We are all people with similar wants and similar needs, no matter where we come from or what we look like.”



17. Progress in renewable energy



Renewable energy comes from hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and tidal energy. Progress in this area has been growing in recent years. In 2019 alone, for example, renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of 200 GW were installed around the world.

18. More than 90 percent of children worldwide are now attending primary school.



19. Advances in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease



Modern treatments for Alzheimer's disease make it possible to replenish the acetylcholine deficiency in patients' brains, and protect neurons from further damage in severe stages - all with the help of specially developed drugs.

20. To a person from the 20th century, 3D printing would seem like science fiction, but today this technology is accessible and actively developing. 3D printers are used to print clothes, cars, human organs, and even grow plants.



21. Education has become more accessible. Many famous universities (for example, Harvard) have free online courses that anyone can take



22. Artificial intelligence is advancing. Automation, “bots”, voice assistants, robots, smart homes and technology - not so long ago it seemed unrealistic, but today it is already available



23. Virtual reality is another area that has made big leaps in recent years



24. An unmanned vehicle has been created that can move thanks to special software without human intervention