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...Statistics (ONS) revised life expectancy down citing ‘fears of the re-emergence of existing diseases and increases in antimicrobial resistance’. ‘… it is entirely possible that we could see a return to a situation where 40 per cent of the population die prematurely from infections we cannot treat’, Professor Dame Sally Davis, UK Chief Medical Officer (The...

...statistical laws. The main danger from a gas leak is asphyxiation. A small vehicle can stop more quickly than a large one. Lightning does not strike twice in the same place. A silver spoon turns black in contact with poisonous toadstools. A tourniquet is the best method for stopping bleeding from a wound. Accidents happen to other people. It is impossible to remain afloat...

...Statistically speaking, more than half of all lunar meteors come from known meteoroid streams - such as the Perseids and Leonids. The rest are sporadic meteors, random bits of comet and asteroid debris of unknown parentage. US space exploration policy eventually calls for extended astronaut stays on the lunar surface. Identifying the sources of lunar meteors and measuring...