What’s the common thread between Minnesota’s professional baseball team, Vin Diesel and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap? They’re all twins. About one in every 32 children is born a twin, accounting for roughly three percent of the population and
Between 2010 and 2016, close to a million people ditched The Big Apple, recording the biggest loss of residents by any major U.S. metro area in that period – but where’d they all go? Well, Dallas seems likely. The city
Whether you root for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers or the New England Patriots – if your Sunday (or Thursday or Monday night) routine revolves around America's National Football League (NFL) games, your household is one of the 15
In 2019, nearly 40 million flights took to the sky – demonstrating the new heights modern air travel has reached since the first documented flight in history, a short 12 seconds of airtime over 120 feet completed by Orville Wright
The world’s population is growing by 1.10 percent per year. In fact, the global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030. While rapid population growth can be good for the economy, it will also have a dramatic effect
A significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing to global climate change, are the emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic waste in landfills. Organic materials, including waste that can be readily recycled or composted, account for a significant
Every day across the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization supports more than 44,000 flights and 2.7 million passengers. That means more than 2.7 million individual pretzel packets and soft drinks are consumed above 30,000 feet in the
In 1819 – 200 years ago – the United States went into its first major financial crisis, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. and literary greats Walt Whitman and Herman Melville were born. In the following two centuries, much of
