With widespread, sustained declines in fertility, the world population will likely peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then decline to about 8.8 billion by 2100 — about 2 …read more Source:: Science
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Age-related impairments reversed in animal model
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•Researchers demonstrate in an animal model that age-related frailty and immune decline can be halted and even partially reversed using a novel cell-based therapeutic approach. …read more Source:: Science
Insects: Largest study to date finds declines on land, but recoveries in freshwater
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•A worldwide compilation of insect abundance studies shows the number of land-dwelling insects is in decline. On average, there is a global decrease of 0.92 percent per year, which translates …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
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•The Red Hat survey found that proprietary software usage is in decline as open-source software continues its take over of the enterprise software world. …read more Source:: Linux
Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
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•The cancer death rate declined by 29 percent from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2 percent drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported, …read more Source:: Science
New model for the way humans localize sounds
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•One of the enduring puzzles of hearing loss is the decline in a person’s ability to determine where a sound originates, a key survival faculty that allows animals to pinpoint …read more Source:: Science
Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants
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•Conservation decisions based on population counts may fail to protect large, slow-breeding animals from irrevocable decline, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
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•Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns …read more Source:: Science
The buzz about bumble bees isn’t good
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•While many scientists are focused on the decline of honey bees, relatively few study bumble bees. The good news is that a new study provides an estimate on bumble bee …read more Source:: Science
Ecosystem changes following loss of great white sharks
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•A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that the disappearance of great whites has …read more Source:: Science