What’s Good About Menopause?

This is something that surprised me. Most mammals remain fertile throughout their lifespan, allowing them to maximize the number of their offspring. Only humans, chimpanzees, and five species of whales are known to experience menopause – the physiological process marking the end of a mammal’s ability to reproduce. And those five species of whales live longer, as much as 40 years longer, than whales that do not go through menopause. Click here and here for two scientific explanations.

566,000? 

566,000 is the number of immigrants that arrived in the 50 largest US metropolitan areas last year, up 15% from a year ago, according to a WSJ analysis of new figures from the Census Bureau. The analysis shows that immigration was the main factor in slowing or reversing population losses in large metro areas in the Northeast and Midwest after an exodus during the pandemic.

In case you’ve been wondering…

Smithsonian Magazine reports that the Pentagon has “no evidence” of alien technology in “most sightings” of “unidentified anomalous phenomena.” Click here.