• Cooperation among strangers has increased for the past 60 years. SciTech Daily.
• China’s CO2 emissions fall by record 8% in second quarter of 2022. CarbonBrief.
• By 2020, the number of violent crime arrests involving youth reached a new low, 78% below the 1994 peak, and half the number 10 years earlier. US Department of Justice (PDF link).
• The worldwide suicide rate has went down 40% since 1990. Our World in Data.
• Chinese researchers create the first successful, living mammals with a fully-reconfigured genome. ZME Science.
• California passes bill banning long-term solitary confinement in prisons and jails. KTVU.
• 11,000 federal inmates were sent home during the pandemic. Only 17 were arrested for new crimes. Reason.
• 3 ways our work-life balance and education have gotten better – in data. Euronews.
• Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy. The Washington Post.

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