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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

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

  2. 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 arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/230

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