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Yes, the birth rates are higher where the birth rates are higher, but you could do this with any city - find some enclave that's doing better than the rest on whatever metric. Sydn…

Birth rate in Sydney is down to 1.62 and falling as of 2021, and is lower than in NSW in general. Well below replacement. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/baby-drought-the-subur…

Of course they do, though not to a big company like Google for something trivial like this when they could pay a bit of money. Threats aren't cost free.

It means increasing food prices specifically for foods that require extensive irrigation, and are likely ill-suited for the region they are being grown except for water subsidies, …

The biodistribution of the viral vector vaccines is likely different and also dependant on what tissue the vector prefers to infect, so when it leaks out of the injection site you …

If this were the cause, I would expect to see similar rates of myocarditis from the viral vector vaccines, but it's much lower. The MRNA vaccines work by causing cells to produce a…

Get a prescription for semaglutide. It's approved for weight loss in the US now, and trials show an ~15% reduction in body mass. It's not a stimulant and the side effect profile is…

"Global" in this context means all of Europe, not all of earth. 1 MW per 16 European citizens is not remotely close to enough power for the entire earth.

Lots of evidence that genetics have a large influence on early language development, especially speech, if you care to look. E.g. this study finds genetics contributing over 60% of…

Umm, yeast is a common surface flora on many cheeses (probably all natural rind cheeses), and you can in fact buy packets of Debaryomyces Hansenii and Candida Utilis from Danisco s…

The signal has already been converted from digital to analog by the time it's going out over a speaker cable.