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History’s Deadliest Colors
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Mourning, Merriment, and Hazardous History of Holiday Lights
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Crashing Through the Snow: The Grim Sarcasm Behind ‘Jingle Bells’
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Vaping Can Help America Quit Smoking
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Castro’s Cuba: Unfree, Unequal, and Underperforming
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Humanity’s Most Ancient Enemy May Be on Its Way Out
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The Canadian Child-Deaths Would Not Have Shocked Our Ancestors
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Could AI Keep People ‘Alive’ After Death?
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Natural Disasters Claim Fewer Lives Thanks to Human Progress
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Firefighting Robot Battles Flames Too Dangerous for Humans
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Podcast: Why Human Progress Is Key to Healthy Moms and Babies
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Why Deaths from Natural Disasters Are Lower Than Ever
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How Have Homicide Rates Changed Worldwide?
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Model Estimates Tens of Thousands Fewer Deaths by Summer
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Norberg: How Rare Are Sudden Deaths?
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Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
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Ridley: Coronavirus Is the Wolf on the Loose
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Study: Natural Disaster Deaths Falling for All Income Groups
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What Can We Expect from Africa in the 2020s?
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Natural Disaster Deaths Fell in 2019, Continuing Trend
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U.S. Cancer Death Rate Drops by Largest Amount on Record
Curiosities

The Anti-Vaccine Movement That Gripped Victorian England
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Civil Aviation Safety Review 2019: Fewer Fatal Accidents
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Plane Crash Deaths Fell by More than Half in 2019