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The report, published Wednesday, showed that birth rates declined for nearly all age groups of women younger than 35 but rose for women in their late 30s and early 40s.
From 2017 to 2018, the birth rate dropped 7% among teenagers aged 15 to 19; 4% among women 20 to 24; 3% among women 25 to 29; and 1% among women 30 to 34, according to the report.
The birth rate rose 1% among women aged 35 to 39 and 2% among women 40 to 44. The rate for women 45 to 49, which also includes births to women 50 and older, did not change from 2017 to 2018.
On the other hand, there have been recent studies that indicate children born to older women enjoy better long term academic and professional success.
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I'm wet! I'm wild!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday May 16 2019, @12:35PM (7 children)
Better than STEM stories with no comments [soylentnews.org] after more than half a day after publishing, any time. Yes, bring in the dogs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Informative) by janrinok on Thursday May 16 2019, @01:26PM (3 children)
You seem to think that I alone rejected the story. All the editors rejected the story. Not one of them picked it up to publish it. I am not responsible for the editors - I stepped down from that post last year. Each editor can make his or her own decisions. I just come on here to give my opinion, which I couldn't do as EinC. We are all volunteers but I certainly didn't volunteer to spend my time on political rants or stories explaining how extremists recruit young teenagers. The entire team is still following the directions made 5 years ago that were decided by the community.
And I replied "Why don't you ask Aristarchus and Azuma why they don't publish more stories like the one you referred to in their journals?" But if you look in both Ari's and Azuma's journals the story was mentioned but it failed to gain any traction as a topic. And, as you yourself have just pointed out, it was widely discussed elsewhere - why should we repeat it here when it has already been covered and is off topic for this site? We are not competing with those other sites. They do not have the same emphasis as we chose to have back in 2014. Why is this a surprise to you now?
Do you not remember the heated discussions between Barrabas and NCommander. Do you not recall the extensive discussion that was held regarding the form and direction this site should adopt, and how the entire community got to vote?
How about you write a journal entry about how this site must change direction, how you propose that we get feedback from the whole community on your suggestion, and then identify the people who are prepared to help achieve that goal?
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday May 16 2019, @04:00PM (2 children)
Thanks, good to know.
Something [soylentnews.org] doesn't [soylentnews.org] fit [soylentnews.org] in the picture - as an example of 3 stories posted by janrinok.
Doesn't "posting" imply "approval to publish a submission on the main page"?
How about I stop wasting my time on S/N - after I'll grant you one last +Informative mod for "All editors rejected the story".
Clearly, is the minimal change in the order of this world that will restore the balance and let you and the editors to enjoy the company of NPC-es.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday May 16 2019, @05:15PM (1 child)
I am still an editor but I am no longer Editor in Chief. I have no influence over what other editors do or do not do.
(Score: 2, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday May 16 2019, @05:25PM
Bottom line? Makes no difference to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @11:18PM
First One [soylentnews.org]
Second One [soylentnews.org]
Follow up article submission [soylentnews.org]
Boing-boing Sub [soylentnews.org]
Stealth submission [soylentnews.org]
I Think that's all. Haruki's sub was much better, though.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday May 17 2019, @12:25PM (1 child)
The problem with most of these STEM stories, comment-wise, is that there's not much to say about them, much less disagree about. The most drama is typically small sample size, the indefinite 10-20 years to market, and attaching say story to some fad of the day (like attributing everything to climate change - which from my experience is one of the few current sources of drama generation in STEM stories).
I don't see a reason to drop them, because we're more than just comments. But don't expect commenting on most of those stories to match political stories with more interest and vastly more disagreement.
Sure, it'd be nice to get some other metrics of interest than comments (like how many distinct IPs read a story would be a good metric), but we come across another problem here. Supposedly, the political stories are due to people with non-STEM interests joining the site. If that continues, then you're stuck with something of a problem - namely, that the new readers prefer to read and comment on things different from the old readers.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Sulla on Friday May 17 2019, @06:51PM
I often post on these low comment articles to say that even though they do not get much discussion I love seeing them on the site. I don't read any one specific news source, although I go to google news and drudge to see the spin from both directions and see what the headlines are. I like that SN acts as an aggregator for tech and science related things. Although i would like discussion on these topics, as you said there tends to not be much to say about them. Highly commented stories do not mean its of higher value.
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