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Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here’s what went most viral.

A nurse holds up a one dose bottle and a prepared syringe of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images A cabal of doctors are hiding the cure for cancer, berries are more effective than… Read More: Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this… »

Humans have 1 in 14,000 chances of going extinct next year – more than getting struck by lightning

Humans have 1 in 14,000 chance of going extinct next year – more likely than an individual has of being struck by lightning, study finds Looked at fossils and archaeological data from artifacts 350,000 years old  Calculated that humans have a 1 in 14,000 chance of going extinct any give year  This is of natural events, but… Read More: Humans have 1 in 14,000 chances of going extinct next… »