Several crises are set to define the next century -- but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have the technological ability to meet our biggest challenges and create unprecedented levels of prosperity for all. He shows how we could get...

By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiered racks in a controlled,...

Hank talks about the issues of rising global population.

Around 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba in Sumatra exploded, and some scientists think it had a serious impact on the human population and some...don't.

By 2050, the number of Muslims around the world will nearly equal the number of Christians, as Islam will grow faster than any other major world religion.

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 claimed millions of lives across the globe. Known at the time as 'Spanish Flu', the first documented outbreak occurred at Camp Funston, Kansas.

Our demographics look different than they did even seventy years ago. People are choosing to have less children, which leads to an aging population that could strain social services and deal a blow to the economy. But isn’t slower...

Migration to other countries is more prevalent than ever. What human factors determine our movement around the world? Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Emigration is the act of leaving one's country to...

The global population is growing rapidly and soon the world could be overpopulated. Life as we know it could become unsustainable. What can we do to avoid this? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. There are over 7.5...

Exploring models which describe changes in birth and death rates as countries go through five stages of development. How does development impact population age and rate of change? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. The...

There are fewer images of Death personified than the scythe-wielding skeletal form of the Grim Reaper. But where did it come from? You may have heard that this haunting figure emerged as a result of the Black Plague, but that’s only a...

From about 2 million years ago until 13,000 years ago there were several human species inhabiting the earth. In fact, 100,000 years ago there were at least 6 different human species! Today there’s just us: Homo sapiens. In this video...

The United Nations predicts that there will be more than eight billion people on earth.

The world population has reached eight billion people, according to the United Nations. Some experts believe that number is starting to stabilize, but there are serious concerns about how humans are crowding out other species.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu and Canada’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Theresa Tam explain the possibility of future waves of COVID-19 and say it will take a global effort to end the pandemic.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tells Wall Street Week that evidence in the economy suggests that monetary policy is not too tight. He also says that recent moves in bonds reduce some of the impetus to raise rates. He speaks with...

May.16 -- Valuable 500 founder Caroline Casey delivers a presentation at the Bloomberg Equality Summit in London on putting disability on the corporate diversity agenda.

Aug.04 -- DSM Co-CEO Dimitri de Vreeze discusses the company's earnings, emissions and sustainable foods. He speaks with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards and Mark Cudmore on "Bloomberg: European Market Open".

Feb.19 -- Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital LLC, discusses Bitcoin's massive rally hitting a $1 trillion market value. The largest digital-asset has added more than $450 billion of value in 2021. He speaks to Taylor...

Sep.05 -- Jenny Lee, managing partner at GGV Capital, talks about Chinese startups, technology companies including Xiaomi, and the venture capital's investments in Airbnb. She also discusses China's venture capital market on the...

The upward trend in global population threatens to leave even more people in developing countries further behind.