One Cell Phone Per Two Humans

American Voices

December 17, 2007 | ISSUE 43•51

A report in November announced that there are 3.3 billion mobile phone accounts—one for every two people in the world. What do you think?

That many? Looks like planet Earth is doing pretty good for itself.

Geoff Ripps
Consultant
Oh yeah? But how many of them have a cell phone that can do this? Check this out.

Tessa Febre
Hair Stylist
Call me old-fashioned, but I still prefer yelling.

Tom Robbins
Systems Analyst

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02.07.12 | ISSUE 48•06

Nine whooping cranes that had been following an ultralight aircraft as it guided them on their migratory route stopped when they reached Alabama, 500 miles short of the intended destination.
Florida Millionaire Adopts 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

02.06.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A 48-year-old West Palm Beach millionaire and polo club founder has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to avoid paying out a wrongful death lawsuit.
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02.03.12 | ISSUE 48•05

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California–San Francisco suggested that as a toxic substance, sugar should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco.
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02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
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02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

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