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A LONG but very interesting article in The Atlantic (March 2002 issue) has a lot of information about how devastating introduced new diseases were to the Americas "1491" is an article by Charles C....

I am no expert, but we should remember the diseases that have historically wiped out peoples not previously exposed - measles, smallpox and other diseases that we now consider to be minor nuisances...

Messed up my response, but we should note that a more educated population with a high standard of living shows slower population growth. Allowing women access to education and health care seems to...

One way of slowing population growth might be to raise the education levels and living standards of the general population, especially for women. As a science teacher (but not an expert on...