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She decided not to marry or have children while South Korea struggles to lift birth rates.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Relatively high interest rates last year were likely a factor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

To better understand the cost of this high-performance lifestyle, the researchers developed a new method to estimate metabolic rates in fish swimming freely in the wild.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Warsh will be pressed about his thoughts on the outlook for interest rates on Tuesday, when the Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing weighing his confirmation as Fed chair.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Today violent crime rates are at historically low levels, yet incarceration rates continue to climb.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander