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Perspective: Colorado’s population — losing steam
Like it or not, Colorado’s future as an economic leader will depend on repeating the massive influx of residents that ...
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How steady global fertility decline poses threat to humanity — IMF
Policymakers may deploy family-friendly policies to boost fertilityA decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives.By: David E. Bloom, ...
The new global demographic challenge: not too many, but too few
In fact, the UN still expects the world to hit around 10.3 billion people by the 2080s before the numbers start to dip. That ...
There Is No Demographic Crisis. Only a Crisis of Care
The world’s population is expected to start shrinking this century. Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba says that’s no ...
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The world is making impressive progress averting cancer
The rising median age of people around the world has the same effect, since cancer can take decades to develop and therefore ...
Putin Warned of Russian Demographic Crisis
Officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a demographic crisis could mean the country he leads will be ...
There's No Evidence That Climate Change Has Increased the Rat Population
A widely reported study relies on weak data, inaccurate statistics, and misleading references to support its claims.