New plant breeding technologies (NPBTs), including genetically modified and gene‐edited
crops, offer large potentials for sustainable agricultural development and food security while …

Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

John McNeill est certainement le meilleur historien spécialiste de l'Anthropocène. Il a
participé dès le départ, aux côtés de Paul Crutzen et de Will Steffen, aux groupes de travail …

The body mass index (BMI) is the metric currently in use for defining anthropometric
height/weight characteristics in adults and for classifying (categorizing) them into groups …

Human capital is the stock of skills that the labor force possesses. The flow of these skills is
forthcoming when the return to investment exceeds the cost (both direct and indirect) …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

19. Jahrhunderts by CH Beck publishers in Munich in January 2009. it rapidly went through
five editions and two unnumbered special editions and is now being translated into Chinese …

In this review, the potential causes and consequences of adult height, a measure of
cumulative net nutrition, in modern populations are summarized. The mechanisms linking …

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets
and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …