A slowdown in China's demand for oil would profoundly affect the multitrillion-dollar global oil market along with many related industries, according to a new brief from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Economics & Business
Aug 26, 2020
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New research on China suggests that declining birth rates and an aging population might not hinder future prosperity when associated with better education of the young.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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More than 1.1 billion people live in Sub-Saharan Africa today, and this number is expected to double by 2050. Yet many governments in the region struggle with providing sufficient schools, hospitals, food and clean water ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2022
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Around 500 million years ago, early vertebrates in the seas became fish, adopting an inner skeleton and a flexible spine based on a nanocomposite of fibers and mineral, known as bone material. This "invention" of evolution ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2022
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Religion is a key factor in demography, important for projections of future population growth as well as for other social indicators. A new journal, Yearbook of International Religious Demography, is the first to bring a ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2014
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The rapid evolution of computers makes it challenging for computer savvy users to keep up, but what about older Americans? How useful are computers to the aging population? As the rate of technology change accelerates, there ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2011
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Population aging projections across the US show a divide between cities and rural areas, which could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change.
Environment
Oct 11, 2019
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As the aging population around the world grows, metabolic diseases like osteoporosis are becoming more prevalent and placing a greater burden on health care systems. Rising to this challenge, a research team led by Prof. ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2023
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The number of people affected by tropical cyclones has nearly doubled from 2002 to 2019, reaching nearly 800 million people in 2019, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2023
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Social cohesion and connection decline in an aging population, according to a new study of one of humanity's closest relatives.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2023
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