Jacques Bailly has been the official pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2003—23 years after winning the bee himself. A professor in the Classics department at the University of Vermont, his language expertise is vast, and talking to him
The first challenge in population ironically has to do with the progress in medicine and public hygiene. The improvements in sanitation, food security, clean water and medicines have enhanced life spans (Lomborg2001, pp 45–59). Globally, the average age will have increased from 27 years in 19...