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AI, providence and a future with fewer children

AI may be somehow providential. In about 150 years, the world’s population went from 800 million to 8 billion but the feat is unlikely to be repeated in the next 150 years. That is, the world won’t be home to 80 billion people in 2170. All data show that birth rates are

Build a better alternative to Black Friday

About thirty years ago, Jerry Shereshewsky invented “Cyber Monday” as an alternative to Black Friday. The idea was that you’d wait until you got to work on Monday after the Thanksgiving break (where there was high speed internet and you wanted to avoid doing drudge work) to do

Why refugees in Australia still face barriers to good jobs

Humanitarian migrants (refugees) in Australia remain significantly less likely to be employed than non-humanitarian migrants, even after five years of resettlement, largely due to employer discrimination rather than any shortfall in skills or language, a study by UNSW

Germany's Merz to visit Israel, meet PM Netanyahu

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel on December 6 and 7 for his first official visit since taking office, a German government spokesperson said on Friday. Merz is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 7 to discuss

Polluted air quietly erases the benefits of exercise

Long-term inhalation of toxic air appears to dull the protective power of regular workouts, according to a massive global study spanning more than a decade and over a million adults. While exercise still helps people live longer, its benefits shrink dramatically in regions with