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- Unequal by nature: a geneticist’s perspective on human . . .
In our mammalian ancestry an average base has changed, say from an A to a T, at the almost unbelievably slow rate of about one change per billion years This means that only a small fraction of the bases, one hundred million divided by one billion, or 1 10, have changed during that time
- New Study Calculates How Long Humanity Could Survive a Zombie . . .
Physics students have calculated how long it would take for humans to be wiped out by an infectious zombie apocalypse, and the results are pretty depressing The study suggests that after just 100 days - a little over three months - less than 300 humans would be left alive on the entire planet
- The Guardian
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- The landscape for rare diseases in 2024 - The Lancet Global . . .
By definition, rare diseases affect a small number of individuals (fewer than 1 in 2000 people in any WHO region); yet, with more than 7000 types of rare disease in existence, the burden worldwide is not insignificant To date, approximately 300 million people live with rare diseases Such individuals are often a neglected and marginalised group, especially those in low-income and middle
- Humans hundreds of times deadlier than sharks - BBC News
Humans are well known as super predators but for the first time scientists have put a figure on it We exploit around a third of all wild animals for food, medicines or to keep as pets, putting
- U. S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in . . .
Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020 The 2021 increase was half of what it was a year ago, when overdose deaths rose 30% from 2019 to 2020
- Years You Have Left to Live, Probably – FlowingData
The life expectancy for the average woman in the United States is 81 years and 2 months For men, it’s 76 years and 5 months These are the most recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Just subtract your current age from those numbers for a rough estimate of how many years you have left It feels accurate
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