Beliefs about the end of the world may influence how people judge climate change, pandemics, and other major global risks.

Many people expect the world to end soon. A new study reveals that these apocalyptic narratives consistently predict how ...

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it's significantly ...

The Earth’s population has surged from 1 billion in 1800 to nearly 8 billion today, marking an unprecedented period of human expansion across the planet. This exponential growth has transformed ...

This Pew Research Center report describes levels of religious diversity in 201 countries and territories. We measure how evenly each country’s population is distributed among seven groups: Christians, ...

The Munich Security Conference opens on Friday with once-ironclad trans-Atlantic ties under unprecedented strain. European leaders, still reeling from the fallout of the recent Greenland crisis, will ...

Zachary Karabell is an author and investor and writes “The Edgy Optimist” on Substack. In the second year of the second season of the Trump Show, there is an emerging consensus among politicians, ...

From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.” From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the ...

Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 of most shelter euthanasia in the country, according to a study completed by the Oklahoma Animal Coalition. State Representatives Ellyn Hefner and Mike Kelley have a ...

Legendary investor Ray Dalio said on Tuesday the world was "on the brink" of a capital war. He said central banks and sovereign wealth funds were already preparing for measures like foreign exchange ...

The Council on Foreign Relations connected with public- and private-sector leaders from outside the United States in mid-January, seeking their anonymous perspectives to facilitate frank discussion.

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water ...