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In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country.But there’s something odd about India’s population. At its last…
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Climate change is already having big effects on southern Asia.Deadly heat waves like one that killed 3,500 people in India and Pakistan in 2015 are…
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For many, witch trials may seem like a relic of early colonial America. But in fact witch-hunting is still a feature of rural life today in many some of…
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The imbalance between the supply of organs for transplant and the demand for them can be staggering.There are about 75,000 people active on the U.S.…
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Overpopulation has been debated since British economist Thomas Malthus famously warned in 1798 that humans could reproduce far faster than they could…
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In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country.But there’s something odd about India’s population. At its last…
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Recently an international cricket match in the Indian city of Delhi had to be temporarily halted in the middle of the game for an unusual reason. The…
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Overpopulation has been debated since British economist Thomas Malthus famously warned in 1798 that humans could reproduce far faster than they could…
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Just two years ago, once-isolated Myanmar seemed firmly on a new course. Longtime opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National…
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Sherpa guides and porters do much of the work of getting foreign hikers up Mt. Everest. But despite doing an incredibly dangerous job in a lucrative…