A new analysis forecasts the US will fall to 66 out of 204 countries in life expectancy rankings in 2050, down from 49th in 2022. The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life ...

The United States is set to fall in worldwide life expectancy ranking by mid-century, with widespread obesity adversely impacting people’s health, according to a recent study. The peer-reviewed study, ...

Life expectancy in the United States is expected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2050, which is below that of other wealthy nations. A study from the University of Washington’s ...

Researchers have found that historic projections of solar and energy storage costs have consistently underestimated the pace of price declines. In the study “Are we too pessimistic? Cost projections ...

In mid-July, President Joe Biden's vow to put the country on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050 looked to be beyond reach. Congress held the key to funding the steps needed to stave off the worst ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that ...

The Roman sage Marcus Aurelius said we should never let the future disturb us. But then he never had a conversation with the futurologist Nick Bostrom about the state of the world in 2050. “There’s a ...