population

Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census.

Thomas Robert Malthus, who was born 250 years ago, became notorious for his ‘principle of population’. He argued that, because poverty was inevitable...

In a paper published in the autumn 2014 issue of History Workshop Journal Dr Amy Erickson unravels the fascinating history of the titles used to...

Latest research shows that the presence of the genetic mutation for lighter skin - found in “almost 100%” of Europeans - broadly conforms to many...

A landmark longitudinal study of health in the community will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Norwich tomorrow (10 October). The research, which...

With the world’s population already estimated to be over seven billion and rising fast, the challenge of how to produce enough food has never been...

Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas begins today (19 October).

On the eve of the world’s population reaching 7 billion, leading minds discuss what the future holds for our increasingly crowded planet.