Readers discuss a guest essay about birthrates and the world’s population. Also: A citizens’ celebration for America’s 250th ...

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A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

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Effective and noninvasive whale and biodiversity monitoring is now possible with the help of citizen scientists, opening up new opportunities for marine conservation. Water samples collected during ...

A new £62m longitudinal population study is set to collect biological and lifestyle data on 100,000 eight to 18-year-olds over a decade, to understand the health of adolescents post Covid-19.

World Population Prospects 2024: Dataset World Population Prospects 2024 is the twenty-eighth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections.

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This is despite only slightly more than half the world’s population living in cities. This kind of bias has implications for how we see ourselves, and our degree of connection with other parts ...