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How the human life span doubled in 100 years
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How the human life span doubled in 100 years

Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.
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Colonists brought death, disease and climate change to the Americas, study finds
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Colonists brought death, disease and climate change to the Americas, study finds

Researchers argue that the decimation of indigenous populations set off a chain of events that contributed to a period of global cooling.
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