Economy, International: U.S. launches trade war
Starts high tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico; both countries retaliate with tariffs of their own.
Nutrition: Vitamin deficiencies increased by 10x over 20 years
Iron and vitamin B deficiency, especially B-12 and folate, have led to a sharp rise in NHS hospital admissions.
Nutrition: Some think modern nutrition science is mostly junk science
There is a widespread consensus that much modern nutrition science is junk science producing nonsense recommendations.
Automation: Wendy’s introduces FreshAI
More automation comes to restaurants.
Demographics: Mean age of parents, at childbirth
Parents' average age at birth of a child has been rising.
Public health: Covid-19 deaths, by week, in the U.S.
Deaths continue to drop.
AI: Technical Report on Deepseek-V3
A technical report on the new Deepseek AI system is available online.
Economy: New job creation and immigrants
Employers might be turning to immigrants due to a smaller, new, young cohort entering the labor market.
Public health: Need face masks for birds
New theory is Avian flu virus is airborne. Obviously, we and all animals need to wear face masks. This is the way.
Demographics, Education: Colleges to see record low enrollment in coming years
College enrollment, down -15% since 2010, is about to start plummeting.
Personal Finance: Surveys of retirement savings are wrong
Another survey of retirees "retirement funds" is bunk, as it counts only assets in designated retirement funds.
Demographics: US population change, natural vs immigration increase
US population change via immigration versus "natural" (births and deaths)