#middlebury — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

In the worst-case #emissions scenario the social cost of #Kuiper is estimated at $1.4 billion 💰, versus $252 million 💵 for #OneWeb and $664 million 💵 for #Starlink https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2309/2309.02338.pdf

Sustainability assessment of Low Earth Orbit (#LEO) #satellite 🛰️ broadband mega-constellations.
#GeorgeMason University 🇺🇸
University of #Oxford 🇬🇧
University of #Strathclyde 🇬🇧
#Middlebury College 🇺🇸