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Sadly, many fear modern genetically-modified organisms, even though scientists overwhelmingly agree that GMOs are safe.

Americans have been eating GMO foods for decades and there is not an iota of evidence that GMOs are detrimental to health.

Icelandic forests are growing again, and have been for some time. Reforestation appears to have coincided with GDP growth, just as the environmental Kuznets curve predicts.

Icelandic forests are growing again, and have been for some time. Reforestation appears to have coincided with GDP growth, just as the environmental Kuznets curve predicts.

From 1968 to 2017, the world's population grew by 113%. The global food supply grew by about 170%. Food has become more abundant for everybody.

One of the most impressive things about the invention of air-conditioning is how quickly it went from a luxury good, reserved for only the richest in society, to becoming affordable to the masses.

The global increase in food consumption is one of the statistics that best exemplifies the improving state of the world.

Our 4th edition of #CentersOfProgress features Nan Madol, a city in today’s Micronesia that showcases the far reach of the world's first seafarers.

Modern society based on the rule of law, global exchange and social tolerance is an extremely recent phenomenon. It may also be more fragile than it seems.

If fusion makes energy "too cheap to meter," we could desalinate as much fresh water as we fancied. We could grow food indoors and release the countryside back to nature.