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https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/04/shenzhen-electric-taxis-push/
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Roads in a Chinese city have gotten much quieter in recent years. Shenzhen, widely called the Silicon Valley of hardware, has been expending resources to phase out rattling diesel vehicles chugging through the city of 12 million people. All public buses in the city went electric by the end of 2017. Taxis soon followed suit. […]
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinas-population-falls-again-record-low-births-pose-economic-strains
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2023/08/fwdus-immigration-can-reverse-rural-population-decline.html
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News from the Heartland! "Sioux County[, Iowa] — one of the state's largest corn producers and home to several meatpacking plants — is one of three counties featured in a new report that shows how immigrants have helped revitalize small towns and strengthen its workforce. FWD, . claiming that an influx of immigrants — even as small as 100 to 200 a year — could rebuild rural America." "For so many rural communities, immigration is an important historical legacy, a fundamental part of the stories of how their family from European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, or Norway, among others, migrated to rural communities across America so many years ago.
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https://knowridge.com/2023/09/study-shows-higher-obesity-risk-in-people-with-bipolar-disorders/
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A recent study from the University of Gothenburg highlights the troubling impact of the obesity pandemic on people with bipolar disorders. The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, shows a significant rise in obesity rates among those with bipolar disorders compared to the general population.
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http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046315/4-ways-elevators-will-get-totally-insane-in-2016
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The company behind 1 WTC’s super-fast elevators tells us about the <em>Star Trek</em> elevators that will be coming as soon as next year.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/09/why-black-people-must-help-africa-develop-racism-pan-africanism/
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Foreign Policy
The marginalization of blacks in America won’t end until we have a first-world African nation to lift up our people.
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/ncw-writes-to-bihar-speaker-seeking-action-on-nitish/20231108.htm
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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has demanded strong action from the Bihar assembly speaker against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his remarks in the assembly on the importance of women's education to control the population and demanded his apology. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks during the Winter Session of the state assembly over his earlier remarks on the role of women in population growth, in Patna on Wednesday, November 2023.
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https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-future-of-work-in-developing-economies/
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AI and automation are changing labor markets worldwide, but developing nations will be hit hardest.
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https://knewz.com/robot-doll-artificial-intelligence-ai-seniors-south-korea-loneliness-health/
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Amid a growing population of senior adults in South Korea, a companion powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a tool for combating loneliness. The company that created the robotic doll says it brings emotional support to the elderly and fosters a healthy lifestyle through its customizable services, Knewz.com has learned.
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https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/08/china-begins-deliberation-on-law-to-expand-access-preschool-education/
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aimed at ensuring accessible preschool education for all children. The draft legislation was presented to the legislators for discussion during the current session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. such as the difficulty of enrolling children into kindergartens due to exorbitant fees, which are unaffordable for the majority of China's population.
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https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/05/new-yorks-fertility-rate-drops-average-age-mothers-rises
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A decline in New York's childbirth rate is showing no sign of reversing and many women are waiting longer to have children, according to newly compiled data from the Program in Applied Demographics (PAD) in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
In 2021, about 211,000 babies were born...
In 2021, about 211,000 babies were born...
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https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Many_cities_across_the_United_States_could_become_ghost_towns_by_2100_999.html
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Many cities across the United States could become ghost towns by 2100, according to new research published Thursday. "Close to half of the nearly 30,000 cities in the United States will face some sort of population decline," researchers from the University of Chicago in Illinois wrote in a journal article published in Nature Cities.
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The average age of employed individuals in South Korea could exceed 50 years old by 2035, due to an aging population exacerbated by declining birth rates, a study showed, Friday. The Sustainable Growth Initiative, a branch of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, recently released a report that revealed the average age of Korea's working population could reach unprecedented heights.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602198/audis-new-technology-is-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-traffic-lights/
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MIT Technology Review
Audi has announced it is rolling out a feature in some of its new vehicles that allows them to communicate with traffic lights. It’s a neat trick that customers might like: they can watch as a timer counts down until a red light turns green, or the system can warn drivers approaching a green light…
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-caused-a-baby-bump-when-experts-expected-a-drop-heres-why/
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Birth rates tend to decline during economic recessions or disasters, so many experts predicted that the COVID pandemic would prompt people to have fewer children. A recent study of fertility trends in the U.from 2015 through 2021, however, reveals there was actually a baby bump. Demographers expected to see a decline in birth rate in December 2020, nine months after COVID became a pandemic.
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/17/forest-cities-radical-plan-china-air-pollution-stefano-boeri
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Stefano Boeri, the architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create entire new green settlements in a nation plagued by dirty air
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Turning to immigrant workforces can provide a solution to Korea's dire population crisis following low birth rates, an economics professor at the University of Chicago said Tuesday.Michael Kremer, a Nobel laureate, made the remark during an interview session hosted by the Korea Development Institute, around a week ahead of the annual Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting, which will run for four days starting Tuesday in Songdo, Incheon, 36 kilometers west of Seoul.Kremer will also be present at the bank's first in-person gathering since the pandemic began."While Korea may be able to take steps to increase the birth rate, this has proved difficult in other countries.
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https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/boulder-citys-population-has-been-flat-for-years-the-same-cant-be-said-for-its-public-payroll-3007538/
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Unlike neighboring Las Vegas, Boulder City has a small-town feel and wants to keep it that way. It puts the brakes on growth, and its population barely budged over the past decade or so. Nonetheless, city government has spent millions more on its workforce in recent years. Employees of Boulder City grossed $21.1 million in earnings in 2022, up 25 percent from about $16.9 million in 2018, according to payroll data the Las Vegas Review-Journal obtained through a public records request.
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https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/1117/Letter-from-Tampa-Aging-gets-a-makeover-at-this-gerontology-summit?icid=rss
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The 76 million Americans in the great baby boom demographic bulge will all be 60 to 79 years old next year. But their powerful influence is not retiring.Outlines are emerging of how the now-older generation is expected to meet the experience of aging and reshape our culture. Its predecessors are...
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As Australia's population gets older, more people are confronted with a choice: retire where they are or seek new horizons elsewhere. Choosing to grow old in your existing home or neighbourhood is known as "ageing in place". It enables older people to stay connected to their community and maintain familiarity with their surroundings.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/06/china-superpower-defense-technology-spending/
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When the coronavirus crisis is over, China will be forced to embrace a less ambitious future.