Yet even though overpopulation is an issue as dated as Dacron pants or disco, Ehrlich helped give an imprimatur of scholarly authority to a new kind of politics—a politics of scarcity—that has proved ...

Dahiyeh, a neighbourhood in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, has been targeted by Israel since the war began in West Asia. This is not the first time it has been attacked by Israeli forces; it was bombed ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

When the Black Death depopulated Europe, abandoned farmland reverted to forest—and plant diversity declined. The lesson may ...

An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is ...

Parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and North America are becoming unlivable for senior citizens, the researchers said.

Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 11:00 CET | 14:00 - 17:00 HK/SG Rob Garlick, Citi’s former head of innovation and technology, discusses how business leaders are investing in AI tools including AI agents at ...

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic signature locked into the surrounding sediments. The hominin remains show a blend ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch says that almost three-quarters of the world’s population is currently living under “autocracy.” The report warned that the United States, China and Russia are “led ...

773,000-year-old mandible ThI-GH-1 from Thomas Quarry in Morocco. Credit: Hamza Mehimdate, Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca Fossils dating back 773,000 years from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco shed ...