If you were counting on a future in which the earth becomes so overcrowded that we are all forced to eat soylent green to stay alive, you can relax. That’s not going to happen. On the contrary, Dean Spears, an economist from the University of Texas, Austin, says people born today will likely witness the moment when the planet reaches peak humanity. Estimates vary but the moment when the human population stops growing and begins to drop off could by only 40 years away.Read More