Futurist and author Tracey Follows, who helped write a government White Paper on UK education in 2050, believes learning will ...

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...

(UNITED NATIONS) — India’s population is expected to surpass China’s in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world ...

The new data sheet from the Washington, D.C.-based organization is chock full of statistics on how global population will morph over the next 34 years, shrinking on some continents and exploding on ...

Decisions made today will have stark consequences in 25 years. A panel of experts offer their predictions on politics, health ...

Brazil will be the fifth largest economy in the world in 2050, going past Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Much of its growth will be driven by its wealth in natural resources and a young ...

It has to happen really fast. Last year, the world's climate scientists put out a report showing what it will take to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C by the end of this century, averting the ...

But despite our technological advances, humanity has failed to solve many of its problems. The world hasn't weaned itself off fossil fuels or antibiotics, protected the rain forest, or reduced the ...

UNITED NATIONS — Despite a declining global fertility rate, the planet's population will hit nearly 10 billion in 30 years, with people over 65 the fastest-growing age group and India on track to edge ...

According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) by 2050, the global population is anticipated to grow to over 9 billion, which is likely to increase pressure ...

Thirty-three years ago, on a sweltering summer day in 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen stood up in front of Congress and testified about an existential threat to the planet: The climate was changing.