Tony Morley

E12: Free trade drives progress, and much more:

Tony Morley, March 11th 2025 Free trade drives progress, woolly mice, Blue Ghost sticks the landing, weather forecasting improves and much more: "Free trade gave them cheaper goods, new technologies and access to consumers in other countries. It lifted millions and millions from hunger and poverty." — Johan Norberg,

E11: Gene therapy restores children's hearing in trial; a soil breakthrough could cut fertiliser use, and much more:

Tony Morley, February 27th 2025 Gene Therapy restores children's hearing in trial; soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use, suicide rates continue to fall, promising new therapies for autoimmune diseases, and AI diagnoses for HIV and epilepsy make progress, and much more: You’re reading The Up Wing,

E10: India adds 2.7 MW of solar an hour, maternal mortality falls by 80% in Tanzania, smoking rates plummet in the U.S. and much more:

Tony Morley, February 21st 2025 You’re reading The Up Wing, Edition 10, progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly-ish. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, global trade, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science and technology.

There has never been a better time in history to love and be loved 💖

Tony Morley, February 14th 2025 You’re reading The Up Wing, progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly-ish. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, global trade, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science and technology. Hey team,

U.S. FDA approves breakthrough gene-edited pig kidney xenotransplant trial

Tony Morley, February 14th 2025 A newly approved xenotransplant kidney study could help lay the scientific and commercial groundwork to save tens of thousands of lives for those suffering kidney failure in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trial for

E9: Nuclear-powered AI, the safest time to fly is now, a game-changing HIV drug, and much more:

Tony Morley, February 12th 2025 You’re reading The Up Wing, Edition 9, progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly-ish. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, global trade, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science and technology.

E8: Extreme poverty falls, grain yields climb, AI-powered agrochem robots have arrived, and much more

Tony Morley, October 1st, 2024 You’re reading The Up Wing, Edition 8, progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly-ish. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, global trade, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science and technology.

E7: "Vaccines have reduced infant mortality by 40% over the last 50 years,"

Tony Morley, September 18th, 2024 "Vaccines have reduced infant mortality by 40% over the last 50 years," breakthrough nanoplastic filtering, and much more: Welcome to a rather large edition of The Up Wing, with dozens of stories of progress and breakthroughs from the last fortnight. It’s been

The $6,374 Pineapple

Tony Morley, August 13th, 2024 "The expense was extortionate, with the cost of producing a single pineapple matching that of a new coach. Yet the glory that ensued from this taste of Paradise beneath chilly grey skies made it all worth it" — The Pineapple, King of Fruits, Francesca

E6: A titanium, magnetic levitation, artificial heart pump breakthrough, and much more

Tony Morley, August 8th, 2024 Welcome to The Up Wing, Edition 6, the best in progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly-ish. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, progress studies, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science,

E5: Wheat gene bank, AI-designed rocket thruster, the causes of human progress, and more

Tony Morley, July 25th, 2024 Welcome to The Up Wing, Edition 5, the best in progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly. We report on the past, present, and future of human progress, progress studies, and optimistic news. We're pro-growth, free markets, classical liberalism, Enlightenment, science,

E4: Far Side Samples Return

Lunar regolith samples return from the far side of the Moon, 'quantum compass' breakthrough, 'Bridge Editing' could supersede CRISPR, and much more Tony Morley, July 2nd, 2024 Welcome to The Up Wing, Edition 4, the best in progress and optimistic news, collated, curated, and delivered weekly.