Last week, a high-profile study using the latest United Nations data revisited predictions of global population size. The news wasn’t good: Updated estimates using new statistical analyses suggest the ...

In "What the world needs now, is people — more people" (Opinion Exchange, April 3), economics Prof. Tyler Cowen argues that decreasing fertility rates are a threat to human prosperity. He dismisses ...

Ever since Thomas Malthus published “An Essay on the Principle of Population” in 1798, positing incorrectly that humans’ proclivity for procreation would exhaust the global food supply within a matter ...

A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities — rodentopias — to identify and examine the potential catastrophes that might befall human ...

August 8 this year marked the Earth Overshoot Day, which essentially means that we have officially consumed far more than the Earth can replenish in a year. The Global Footprint Network estimates that ...

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that human overpopulation isn't such a big issue any more as numbers are expected to start declining in a few decades? — Melinda Mason, Boone, Iowa Ever since Thomas Malthus ...

In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote “An Essay on the Principle of Population.” He predicted that mankind’s birthrate would outstrip our ability to grow food and would lead to mass starvation. Malthus’ wrong ...

“Driven by humanity’s ever-expanding footprint, habitat loss is the single biggest cause of species extinction.” So opens the feature, “Critical Habitat,” by Noah Greenwald in the Center for ...

Walter E. Williams, Ph.D., a columnist for The Daily Signal, was a professor of economics at George Mason University until his death Dec. 2, 2020. In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote “An Essay on the ...

In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote “An Essay on the Principle of Population.” He predicted that mankind’s birthrate would outstrip our ability to grow food and would lead to mass starvation. Malthus’ wrong ...

Inferno, the third entry in the Da Vinci Code saga, puts forth a terrifying scenario. In the movie, a billionaire transhumanist scientist named Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) believes that the human ...