In 1950, the term "population explosion" was unheard of, yet the demographic forces that would trigger runaway population growth were settling into place. Death rates in the developed world had ...

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Populations grow at geometric or exponential rates in the presence of unlimited resources. Geometric populations grow through pulsed reproduction (e.g., the annual reproduction of deer, which have ...

Egypt and Jordan have both rejected the suggestion by US President Donald Trump that Gaza should be “cleaned out” and what ...

Demographic data suggests that the U.S. is ... remote learning over traditional on-campus experiences. These factors have placed additional strain on colleges and universities already struggling ...

are yielding a shrinking labour force and a growing dependency ratio of the expanding older over the shrinking pool of younger. Yesterday’s demographic pyramid is morphing before Italian eyes ...