The global population peak

The UK’s birth rate is at its lowest ever – and that’s not just bad news for those who long to be grandparents. It could spell trouble for the nation’s future too

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Contempt for democracy and the perversion of classical liberalism

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY + HEALTH

Becoming an adult It’s three decades since Pulp’s ...

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens