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    7 Of Our Most Popular Global Health And Development Stories Of 2018

    Our most-read articles gave helpful advice — like how to sit without hurting your back — shocking news and a glimpse of history. And there was one story about — what else? — goats!
    by Malaka Gharib Dec 19, 2018 4 minutes
    Some images from Goats and Soda's top stories of 2018. From left: changing the way we sit to fix back pain; is sleeping with your baby dangerous?; men walk near the site where the body of an 8-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered, was found.

    Which Goats and Soda stories were most popular this year?

    You loved the stories that looked to the developing world that offered insights into the way we live our lives: how to sit without hurting your back; whether it's OK to sleep with your baby.

    Readers also were drawn to stories of injustice (like the gang rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in India) and looming dangers (the thawing permafrost in Alaska could release billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere).

    You also liked our fact-checking stories. When the Netflix show showed a dance between Queen Elizabeth II and Ghana's leader Kwame Nkrumah in 1961, we got the real story. And we investigated Matt Damon's clean water

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