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An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s ...

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human ...

The consistency of the global pattern shows how hard these trend lines are to budge. Several nations have preceded the U.S. in confronting birthrate declines, and both traditionalist societies, where ...

Months away from its 150th birthday, the state of Colorado has reached over 6 million residents for the first time in its history. Vintage 2025 estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Jan. 27, ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the country's population is growing at its slowest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it cited a decline in migration as a key factor. The bureau noted that ...

Washington state’s population appears to have increased by 73,000, clearing 8 million people for the first time in 2025, even as population growth slowed in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, Oregon ...

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(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s population has grown by 756,000 people over the last five years, a 7.2% percent increase, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau numbers. The state grew ...

The latest population change estimates have been released by the U.S. Census Bureau, and Michigan once again saw growth. Michigan saw an estimated population gain of nearly 28,000 people from July ...

For the third year in a row, Illinois’ population has grown. In an announcement from Gov. JB Pritzker’s office, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that between July 1, 2024, and July 1 ...