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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2
Yesterday, 01:26 PM
7-ton asteroid explodes over northeast Ohio. It's reported to have survived all the way to the ground, but I haven't seen a confirmation of that yet.
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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2
Yesterday, 01:29 PM
(02-24-2026, 09:02 AM)robkelk Wrote: Researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School say that popular artists releasing new albums appears to cause traffic fatalities.
Non-technical article on The Register
Quote:The results were, if not surprising, then at least statistically significant.
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According to their analysis of the data, the total number of streams on the release date for major albums increases by nearly 40 percent. Traffic fatalities on those same days also increased, though by a more modest 15 percent.
Working paper (not yet peer-reviewed) on NBER
Nickelback's Silver-Side Up caused 4 plane crashes on release day
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