When Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968, he predicted that the 1970s would see an unavoidable period of widespread famine and death. That decade—and many ...

On a special episode (first released on August 1, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Across the globe, populations are in precipitous decline. People are simply not having children at the fertility rate ...

Instead of the constant heat and criticism regarding the evacuation mission at Kabul airport, I hope the temperature will soon shift to praising the incredible on-the-ground efficiency and courage of ...

China’s population declined last year, for the first time since the mass deaths associated with Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward in the 1960s. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that ...

As Iowa employers struggle to find people to fill jobs, the state’s long-term population trends are not encouraging, leaders of two statewide business groups told a state panel Tuesday. “Every ...

On November 15, 2022—as estimated by demographers—the count of humans on this planet reached eight billion. Population growth has been steady over the past few decades, with billion-person marks ...

Franklin County's strong population and economic growth have made it the largest county in Ohio, with an estimated 1.33 million residents. While that growth has brought problems — housing shortages, ...

Minnesotans talk about Massachusetts, especially Boston, a lot. The thought hit me a couple weeks ago at the annual dinner of the Minnesota Business Partnership, when Gov. Tim Walz recalled to the ...