New research measuring the importance of religion in 109 countries spanning the entire 20th century has reignited an age-old debate around the link between secularisation and economic growth. The study, published in Science ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Required reading for those examining the cause and effect of bread lines: Two papers, one published in 2010 and the other published just this month, poking holes into the 2010 study and inciting a global wave ...
New research confronts the elephant in the room—the 'trilemma' of population growth, economic growth and environmental sustainability—and reveals the vast incompatibility of current models of economic development with ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2018
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Economic models of climate change may have substantially underestimated the costs of continued warming, according to a new study involving UCL researchers.
Environment
Sep 6, 2021
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China will begin work on the world's largest super-collider in 2020, state-run media reported Thursday, in an attempt to increase understanding of the Higgs boson, or "god particle".
General Physics
Oct 29, 2015
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Global consumption of natural resources could triple to 140 billion tons a year by 2050 unless consumer nations take drastic steps, the United Nations warned Thursday.
Environment
May 12, 2011
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Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates ...
Other
Jul 15, 2020
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A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports his own 17-year-old theory that natural selection played a pivotal role in the emergence of ...
Evolution
Apr 5, 2019
11
751
There are many reasons humanity has failed to rein in climate change despite decades of dire warnings.
Environment
Jul 6, 2020
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156
For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has been weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study published in the Science Advances journal.
Environment
Sep 13, 2019
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