Death rate drop during economic downturns. People drive less and get into fewer accidents, leading to cleaner air. People also have less money to spend on cigarettes and alcohol.
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The high-energy radiation beam was 18 times stronger than the previous record. https://t.co/mgj2ymHymv
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The composer Johann Sebastian Bach had a signet ring seal: the letters ‘J’, ‘S’, and ‘B’ superimposed with the mirror image of the same letters. https://t.co/NTwVQRml16
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is preparing to swoop near Earth on October 16 to use our planet’s gravity to set itself on a course toward the Jupiter Trojan asteroid. But this might be easier said than done. https://t.co/OnMsDwofVe https://t.co/u0R7EOGVgn
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The uses of such a robot include ocean farming, diver support, and monitoring of coastal ecosystems. https://t.co/4uqkWbmJS4
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Scientists on a mission in the Maldives have discovered a new ecosystem 500 meters deep in the ocean. https://t.co/TBZMqpbyHg https://t.co/wD6EKYwGUS
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NASA engineers are working hard to avoid any collisions with space debris. https://t.co/YmVNdR3KEP
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A collective noun for a group of ghostwriters is ‘a fright’.
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Over 2,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. https://t.co/eGPTiz6UJM
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The new ecosystem was found 500 meters beneath the surface of the ocean. https://t.co/VpmQJaYCiW
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The Disney film ‘Bambi’ is based on Felix Salten’s novel written in 1923. In the 1930s, it was banned by the Nazis as a political allegory on the treatment of Jews in Europe, and many copies of the novel were burned.
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The first-of-its-kind meta-analysis synthesized the results of 80 different scientific research. https://t.co/vurANbxTgI
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