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US retail diesel has hit $6.529 a gallon, and fuel can eat up 40% of a fishing trip's cost. Combined with shrinking shellfish harvests driven by warmer, bacteria-prone waters, the squeeze is pushing prices far beyond what many people can afford.
Infant care averaged $3,200 a month in 2024, and nearly a third of families are draining savings just to keep a daycare place. An estimated 6.7 million Americans over 30 lived with grandchildren in 2021, with a third of them responsible for the child's care.
The rate has dropped from five births per woman in 1950 to 2.25 today, and is projected to cross the 2.1 replacement threshold by the late 2040s, possibly sooner. Much of the world is already well below it — South Korea's rate stands at 0.7, and Chile's fell below one birth per woman for the first time in 2025.
Designed by Alberto and Francesco Meda, the new suspension lamp hides all wiring inside its extruded arms and stacks up to three levels around a central cylinder.
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