The giant meteor explosion and the dangers of sugary drinks and cannabis.

We are mortal and immortal.

This is Jim Denison's The Daily Article podcast for Thursday, March 21st, 2019.

A gigantic meteor exploded over our planet last December.

The blast generated energy equivalent to 173 kilotons of T&T, 10 times the energy produced by the

atomic bomb used in Hiroshima in 1945.

So why are we only now hearing about this?

The explosion was over the Bering Sea, a remote location in the middle of the ocean.

Closer to home, a Harvard-led study is found that people who drink two or more sugar,

sweetened beverages a day have a 31% higher risk of early death from cardiovascular disease. Each

additional soda or sports drink increases the risk by 10%. In other health news, daily marijuana

use has been linked to an increased risk of developing psychosis. People who used any type of

cannabis on a daily basis

were three times more likely to have a diagnosis of a new episode of psychosis. The risk increased

five times for daily use of high potency cannabis. From the cyclone in Mozambique that killed

hundreds to the dangerous storms threatening the Northeast today, to reports that the

New Zealand terror suspect planned a third attack before he was apprehended, each day's news reminds

us that we are mortal, but we are immortal as well. I have often quoted C.S. Lewis's profound

observation. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization, these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.

But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.

Immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.

The intersection of our finitude and our immortality powerfully impressed me yesterday, as our

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