Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Across Europe, more people are dying than being born


Demographers have a name for when a population has more deaths than births: “Natural decrease.” It’s rarely discussed because “it is unusual in the modern era,” according to a recent research paper, but that’s about to change as natural decrease is becoming increasingly common across Europe, and ...

http://qz.com/596459/across-europe-more-people-are-dying-than-being-born/



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Monday, January 18, 2016

Hetti celebnrates his 76th birthday

From facebook

So today we celebrated my lovely fathers 76th Birthday with all but one grandchild - Jessica


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Melioidosis and India

A fatal disease lurks in India’s air, water, and soil. But nobody knows about it - Quartz

India is the hotbed of a deadly bacteria. Melioidosis, a highly contagious disease, is widely prevalent in India, according to a new report by researchers from the University of Oxford. If not treated in time, it can lead to death within just two days of contracting it. However, diagnosing melioi...


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The fate of Rudyard Kipling’s son