In a unique economic experiment, 16 countries with a combined population of 329m have handed over monetary sovereignty to an entity at arm's length from national politics: the European Central Bank (ECB).

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The researchers conducted a third experiment online to test the effects in a more diverse population.

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Nanto City, a centrally located Japanese city with an elderly population that comprises 26% of its total residents, is one of the first municipalities in the world to experiment with using robots to help care for the elderly.

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