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How the 'youth bulge' can make or break a country

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How the 'youth bulge' can make or break a country

Revolutions, civil war and economic boom and bust – the changing age structure of a country's population could be behind them all, says Fred Pearce

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Act now to avert a global water crisis

Earth

Act now to avert a global water crisis

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Bet you're a Liam – software puts names to faces

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Bet you're a Liam – software puts names to faces

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Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales

Life

Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales

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Health

Life expectancy lower in US than other rich countries

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Tropical plankton exodus by 2100

Earth

Tropical plankton exodus by 2100

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'Geoengineering' project was about salmon fishery

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Recession pushes US birth rates to an all-time low

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Recession pushes US birth rates to an all-time low

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America 2050: population change threatens the dream

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America 2050: population change threatens the dream

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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

Life

Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

Richer people ignore evolutionary pressures to have lots of children, preferring a smaller family to maintain their socioeconomic status

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Genes reveal grain of truth to Queen of Sheba story

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Lonesome George dies but his subspecies genes survive

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Earth

Humanity weighs in at 287 million tonnes

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Earth

Peak planet: Are we starting to consume less?

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