Low yield growth, increasing food insecurity, climate change and massive population growth are the four factors that will determine the shape of Africa over the…
More than any other region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is plagued by instability and conflict. Conflict has traditionally been caused by political,…
There's no question about it. A new epoch—the Anthropocene—has begun. So says an international group of geoscientists, in a paper published Friday in the journal…
Population growth and fossil fuel use, seen on a time-scale of several thousand years. The dots are population estimates in millions from the US Census…
According to a report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics , Americans spent more money on drugs than they ever have before with spending…