life span

"The chance of a flood occurring at least once in an 80-year lifetime is 55% for a 1-in-100-year flood and 15% for a 1-in-500-year flood. The likelihood of experiencing such devasting floods over a life span is much higher than people might think."

"One of the things that we know about addictive disorders is that people often will continue to consume the substance despite it causing consequences for them," said Michael Amlung, associate director for training at the Cofrin Logan Center at the KU Life Span Institute.

“But this bridge deck replacement project needs to be done. ... The bridge deck has met its life span.”

The females behave more like males, but this also reduces their life span and reproductive output.

Another key problem the report identified is neglect of NASA’s facilities, 83% of which have exceeded their designed life span.