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Billions missing: Study exposes flaws in global population counts. Illustration.

Billions missing: Study exposes flaws in global population counts

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Humanity: where do we come from?

Computer model traces modern human lineage to two ancestral populations

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Ben Gurion Airport

Israeli gov't employee arrested for smuggling women into country

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Aerial panoramic landscape of the Volga river.

Caucasus-Lower Volga People Identified as Cradle of 400 Modern Languages

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Red Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in nature habitat, Costa Rica.

Study finds two-thirds of species losing genetic diversity

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Ski resort town overwhelmed with tourists after TikTok promotion goes viral.

Ski resort town overwhelmed with tourists after TikTok promotion goes viral

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World’s largest human gathering.

110 million people come together: World's largest human gathering captured from space

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Father protects his children with umbrellas from the sun on a hot day in Italy.

Climate change could cause 2.3 million extra deaths in European cities by 2099, study warns

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WWF report reveals global wildlife populations have declined by 73% since 1970.

WWF report reveals global wildlife populations have declined by 73% since 1970

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World population to reach 8.09 billion on January 1, 2025, says US Census Bureau.

World population to reach 8.09 billion on January 1, 2025, says US Census Bureau

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Global population projected to peak at 10.3 billion by mid-2080s, then decline.

Global population projected to peak at 10.3 billion by mid-2080s, then decline

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Scientists have identified at least three events where genes from distinct Denisovan populations mixed with human DNA, conferring significant adaptive benefits. Illustration:

Trinity College Dublin scientists reveal how Denisovan genes shape modern humans

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Mohamed Salah during the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers football match between Egypt and Malawi.

Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular baby boy name in England and Wales

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Hedgehog.

European hedgehog classified as 'near threatened' due to sharp population decline

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Inside the Knesset building.

Knesset committee reviews demographic growth plan for Golan Heights amid security concerns

By ELIAV BREUER

Among 66 new immigrants from the US and Canada who arrived on a Nefesh B’Nefesh flight on August 7 were eight young women volunteering in Israel’s National Civic Service who were welcomed by NBN’s Executive Director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.

Not just for some: Israel is, or soon will be, home to most Jews in the world

By JACOB SIVAK

Israel's population on Israel's 76th Independence Day 2024.

Plan for Israel 2050: Country to be divided into 28 small regions

By Ofer Petersburg

MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Muslim fertility rate in Israel continues 22-year fall as Eid al-Adha approaches

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