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I wanted to see how daily patterns emerge at the individual level and how a person’s entire day plays out. So I simulated 1,000 of them.

When Americans had sex, moved in with someone, and so on. Often not average. Far from normal.

There’s a 6 percent figure from the CDC that could be easily misinterpreted. Here’s what it means.

People tend to have more money saved up over time, but range and variation also grow, and often it’s not enough.