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The Coffee Break
February 08, 2024
1. MARKET SUMMARY 📈
Information as of 0735 UTC+8 on Feb 8, 2024.
2. NUMBERS AT A GLANCE 🔢
The Mineral and Geoscience Department has identified Cameron Highlands and the Tapah-Cameron Highlands route as two of the 31 landslide hotspots in the country. According to its director-general, Zamri Ramli, Cameron Highlands alone has experienced 6,431 landslides from 1961 to 2023, and 6.5% of the total landslides occurred at the 31 hotspots.
The World Health Organization's cancer agency predicts a substantial increase in global cancer cases, reaching 35 mil by 2050, a 77% surge compared to 2022 figures. Factors contributing to this rise include tobacco use, alcohol consumption, obesity, and air pollution. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) highlights that approximately one in five individuals will develop cancer in their lifetime, with mortality rates at one in nine for men and one in twelve for women.
How deep does one have to go to find dark matter? 7,874 feet (2.4 km). China has inaugurated the world's largest and deepest underground laboratory, the China Jinping Underground Laboratory-II (CJPL-II), in Sichuan Province. Opened in December 2023, it expands upon the original CJPL, operational since 2010. Located 7,874 feet underground and covering over 11.6 million cubic feet, CJPL-II surpasses Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory, previously the largest. The facility benefits from its extensive mountainous cover, providing ideal conditions for studying dark matter, which constitutes an estimated 95% of the universe.
Learn: Dark Energy, Dark Matter