Structured population models integrate the inherent heterogeneity of populations by characterising individuals through distinct traits such as age, size, or physiological state. These models have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a science journalist specializing in healthy aging and longevity. Across the globe, nearly every nation is experiencing ...

Healthcare leaders need to accelerate the development of population health payment models, according to a commentary published by the Institute of Medicine. The author, James A. Hester, a participant ...

Over the last decade, spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models have become widespread for estimating demographic parameters in ecological studies. However, the underlying assumptions about animal ...

Sander van der Linden has engaged in consultancy for and received research funding from Google, the EU Commission, United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), Alfred Landecker Foundation, ...

A study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the global population, particularly in rural areas, may have been vastly underestimated for decades. According to The Independent, ...

For decades, we’ve been told that the world’s biggest problem is too many people. From Malthus in the 18th century to “The Population Bomb” in the 1960s, the warnings were dire: More people would mean ...

Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic ...