The quick and the dead
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Reports of waning popularity for unrestricted autobahns prompts Simon Hacker to ask if 2016 could be the year the world slows down. 1 It’s official: we’re slowing down. Sort of. Scientists have worked out that the tidal pull on our oceans, thanks to the moon, is making our earth days longer. It’s not something we’re that […]