- Up to 47% of jobs are considered at high risk of automation.
- From 2009 to 2014 cities attracted 3.6% more people making more than $100,000 while losing 2.2% of those making less than $30,000.
- Human embryos can now live to the legal limit of 14 days.
- The US economy added 160,000 jobs in April. which was less the 202,000 that were expected.
- Coach passengers walking through first class increase air rage by 2.8-fold within coach, but 11.86-fold within first class.
- A 10% increase in the minimum wage leads to a 10 % to 20% reduction in crime.
- From a high of 65%, the number of Americans investing in the stock market has fallen to 52%.
- The US middle class has shrunk from 61% in 1977 down to 51% in 2014.
- Gel-coated nanowire batteries lasted 200,000 times, forty times longer than conventional batteries.
- Venezuela inflation climbs towards 720%, possibly 2,200% in 2017.
- In April 2016 the global temperature set another record: 0.24C, 1.11C above the average.
- For 107 hours starting with May 7th, Portugal ran exclusively on renewable energy.
- In the last two decades, wealth held by billionaires has quintupled.
- Rooftop solar dropped to $0.06/kilowatt hour, outcompeting centralized systems at $0.15/kilowatt hour.
- US wages have grown by less than 0.5% for the last fifteen years.
Pretending Not To Panic 