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The post-war generation reaped the benefits of peace and prosperity. Yet rather than spend that bounty, retired boomers are hoarding their riches (economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/26/baby-boomers-are-loaded-why-are-they-so-stingy)–and upending economists’ expectations. The science of menstruation is baffling, partly because most animals don’t do it. Now clever innovations (economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/29/progress-on-the-science-of-menstruation-at-last) may help improve women’s health (9:13). And how old-fashioned wind-power is blowing new life (economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/21/a-new-age-of-sail-begins) into the shipping industry–and cutting its emissions (16:13).
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The post-war generation reaped the benefits of peace and prosperity. Yet rather than spend that bounty, retired boomers are hoarding their riches (economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/26/baby-boomers-are-loaded-why-are-they-so-stingy)–and upending economists’ expectations. The science of menstruation is baffling, partly because most animals don’t do it. Now clever innovations (economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/29/progress-on-the-science-of-menstruation-at-last) may help improve women’s health (9:13). And how old-fashioned wind-power is blowing new life (economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/21/a-new-age-of-sail-begins) into the shipping industry–and cutting its emissions (16:13).
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