the world at 9 billion
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View Articlethe world at 9 billion
Pop quiz. While some scientists are worried that thousands of species are teetering on the brink of extinction, what mammal population increased by more than 400% in the last century? Here’s a little...
View Articlewhat if we reign in the grim reaper?
Imagine yourself in a future which allows you to live far beyond your normal lifespan. Since there’s technically no kill switch in your body, it’s hypothetically possible for scientists to slow down...
View Articlehow high could the world’s population go?
Neo-Tokyo from 1988’s Akira Today, there are more than 6.8 billion humans on our planet living in almost every corner of the world, making us one of the most successful species of macroscopic animals...
View Articlehow much could we really combat poverty?
Illustration by Gilles Ketting It’s one thing to pledge to end poverty within a decade and a half in an ambitious meeting which tackles every shortfall in every facet of developing nations at once,...
View Articlethe amazing, shrinking human population?
For the last four decades, we’ve been worrying about the global population soaring past sustainable levels in just another century and a half, and predicting that our numbers would peak at around 10...
View Articlethe lost generation gets some media attention
Photo by Cristian Newman Last year, riots in parts of Europe, especially in Greece, became disturbingly commonplace. By attributing the chaotic spasms of public fury to protests against austerity...
View Articleconspiracy theorists’ dark view of medicine
It seems the power players working for the New World Order are at it again. Apparently, when not indulging in sex slaves trapped in the dungeons of their secret mansions, they’ve been plotting our...
View Articlewe’ll hit peak humanity soon, and we don’t know what happens next
For a while, just about every piece of sci-fi that talked about humans colonizing other worlds was based on the premise that Earth was overran and polluted into a hellish, toxic desert, or turned into...
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