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Birth Control Ruling Upsets Religious Groups
In a long-anticipated decision that will affect millions of women’s ability to pay for contraception, the Obama administration announced...
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Hawking: Time to Go
British theoretical physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking says the colonization of outer space is key to the survival of humankind,...
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Talking Their Way Out of a Population Crisis
In many parts of Africa, people already scramble to obtain food, land, and water, and discontent provides fertile ground...
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Cities Will Feel Brunt as Global Population Passes 7 Billion
To Joel Cohen, a professor of populations at Columbia, whether the Earth will be able to sustain 7 billion...
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A Deliciously Thought-Provoking Documentary
Netherlands director Walther Grotenhuis, in his first independent documentary, focuses on the worldwide journey some foods experience to get...
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What to Expect When You’re Expanding
The world population will hit 7 billion on Halloween this year, according to a guesstimate from the United Nations....
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What Should Be the Top Environmental Priority for the Next 40 Years?
Experts speakers argue their cases.
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This Cosmically Pivotal Moment
From the 2009 Terry Lectures at Yale University by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack.