TGIF Quicktake readers! Here are 10 stories to help end your week on a higher note. 1. Moderna fires up Covid vaccine race with promising early results. The vaccine elicited neutralizing antibodies in all people tested in an initial safety trial, federal researchers said Tuesday.
2. A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office in the U.S. A new report tallies 843 openly LGBTQ elected officials across all levels of government at present, up from 417 in June 2016. 3. A record number of women are running for Congress. 632 women are running, a 20% increase over the 2018 midterm elections, boosted by a surge of Republican women seeking office in a party struggling to regain lost ground with female voters. 4. U.S. firm Zero Mass Water is turning moisture from the air into pure drinking water. The project could offer a model for other parched nations to produce drinking water in a more sustainable way.
5. Doctors are using mixed reality headsets to treat and minimize contact with Covid-19 patients. The high-tech headset uses AR technology to place computer graphics like scans and X-rays into a doctor's real-world view. 6. The statue of a slave trader in Bristol has been replaced with a Black Lives Matter protestor. A sculpture of Jen Reid was erected in Bristol, England to "crystallize" the iconic moment.
7. Hazmat suits for air travel are here. The $250, futuristic-looking outer layer resembles the top half of an astronaut's uniform, with anti-fogging "windows" and a built-in hospital-grade air-purifying device. 8. Sony released a wearable personal air conditioner designed to fit inside a T-shirt pocket. The device is capable of lowering a person's skin temperature by up to 23 degrees and has a heating mode for winter.⠀
9. Meghan Markle urged young women to speak out at the UN Girl Up summit. The actress said executives, lawmakers and world leaders "depend on you more than you will ever depend on them—and they know this."
10. NASA and the ESA released the closest-ever pictures of the Sun. The first images from the Solar Orbiter revealed millions of miniature "campfire"-like solar flares near its stormy surface. Have a great weekend! Watch your inbox for our next newsletter on Monday. Follow QuickTake on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Thanks for reading! Masiel Torres |
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