Perhaps social scientists are unaware of the existence of quantifiable, innate traits that distinguish human populations from one another and that human races can be genetically differentiated. This assumption, however, to the current reviewer, would be overly charitable.Editor Jack A. Goldstone devot...
Like other species, we are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Now we're taking matters into our own hands.
economists typically prescribe liberalising reforms of the sort that have been advanced by the IMF and the World Bank since the 1980s under the label of the “Washington Consensus”. Among the most widely adopted are sober fiscal policies and steady exchange rates. Today technocrats urge looser ...
It depends on how people in control of AI decide to use the technology. If it falls into the wrong hands, AI could be used to expose people’s personal information, spread misinformation and perpetuate social inequalities, among other malicious use cases. ...
Let’s take a look at exactly how wearables are changing the game for the healthcare industry. Wearables in the Wild: How Patients and Doctors Use These Devices The most common wearables to monitor your health are Fitbit, Garmin, and Apple Watch. These are household names and are ...
Animal Populations Worldwide, the animal population consists of species numbering somewhere in the millions. The largest, the blue whale, may exceed 100 feet in length and 150 tons in weight. The smallest known animals, for instance, a parasitic wasp that taxonomists have namedDicopomorpha ech...
So, what else are these institutions doing to combat the challenges of aging populations around the world? Read on to discover how each country is dealing with these societal shifts. Japan In Japan, 27% of the population is above the age of 65, making it the oldest country population world...
I have been thinking about how societies changed from the ancient time of the nomads to the modern age that we are in today. There are a lot of factors but the main 3 I think are, • Technology • Population • War I believe these three factors shaped the world we live in. ...
Meteorological , environmental and social science studies show how cities are increasingly vulnerable to climatic and environmental hazards , and can become even more so as mega-cities grow to 50 -100 km in size , with populations of more than 30million. Experiences around the world show that ...
Demographic data can come in many forms but it most often describes the distribution of characteristics found in populations such as age, sex or gender, marital status, household structure, income, wealth, education, and religion and to see how these are changing over time. Birth and death rate...