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Updated 25 Oct, 05:30
10 articles
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When do people experience mental health conditions for the first time?
Knowing when people are most at risk allows us to offer support when it might make the biggest difference.
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A 73% average decline in wildlife populations: an overview of the 2026 Living Planet Index report
A guide to understanding the Living Planet Index and what it does and doesn’t mean.
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What impact will climate change have on malaria?
More than 600,000 people die from malaria every year. Will climate change make this worse?
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How high is current immigration to the United States in historical perspective?
We use long-run census data to understand the scale of recent US migration trends, and how these compare to previous centuries.
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Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming?
Organic farming often wins when we compare impacts on one unit of land, but there is no clear winner when we look at impacts per unit of food production.
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A never-ending childhood of malaria
How often do people in high-burden areas get malaria? Studies suggest that many children can experience five or more malaria infections a year.
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Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades
Most beef production in Brazil is to meet domestic rather than international demand.
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The rise of electoral democracy
How elections spread, voting rights expanded, and political competition developed around the world over the last two centuries.
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Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so?
Falling fertility rates have created a unique scenario in human history: many countries are experiencing structural population decline.
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138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?
According to a UN report published last year, there are 138 million children in child labor. In this article, we look at what this estimate exactly captures.