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How to live life with gratitude
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What is one thing you're grateful for right now?
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How often do you express thanks to others?
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Do you actively seek out reasons to be grateful?
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    A massive step forward for de-extinction. A biotech company called Colossal Biosciences (the one bringing back the Wooly Mammoth) has successfully hatched 26 live chicks using an artificial environment.

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    Next, we look at a breakthrough in safety in our electrified future. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed ”fireproof” sodium-ion batteries that features an internal ”smart firewall”. Traditional lithium ion batteries can suffer from thermal runaway, a chain reaction where temperatures skyrocket and lead to explosions.

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