Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

Singapore's total fertility rate remained at a historic low in the 2024 dragon year, despite hopes for a baby boom, highlighting societal shifts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstim...

Call for Papers Low and declining birth rates across the world have consequences for countries’ population size and structure. Concerns over the potential ...

Earlier research has found that adult children’s caregiving for older parents is associated with a decline in life satisfaction. However, other research indicates that emotional stress in adult children might be related to the declining health and frailty of their older parents rather than caregiving per se. Hence, there is a possibility that the first set of findings (declining life satisfaction when giving care) reflects factors not specified in statistical models rather than the care provided by adult children. This study tests this possibility by investigating changes in life satisfaction among 3,094 adult children from panel data in Norway that includes multiple indicators of health and care needs in older parents, together with data on who is providing care. Declining life satisfaction was observed among daughters but not among sons, and these changes were driven by the frailty and care needs of their parents rather than caregiving per se. The findings indicate that it is not caregiving that affects life satisfaction but the circumstances leading to caregiving. In these situations, adult daughters may struggle with sources of distress beyond providing support and care. Further research should investigate these relationships in countries with different distributions of care between families and public care institutions.

Despite vaccination hesitancy, the end may be in sight for cervical cancer, which kills 64% of women with the disease

This study examines Mexico's fertility transition (1930–2015) and how socioeconomic status (SES), geography, and indigeneity shaped reproductive behaviors. Using net fertility—the number of surviving...

A world with fewer people would not be all bad

The TFR decline marks a milestone where a decades-long fertility decline has now brought rural India in line with global demographic trends.

While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possible

Unfortunately, Pakistan has neglected its most urgent problem—finding effective solutions to control the population explosion. It is alarming that 40pc