populations

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The issue of water security for the Gulf populations will grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Instead, scientists are now exploring more selective approaches designed to target only the harmful senescent cell populations while preserving beneficial ones.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

However, urbanisation is pushing larger populations closer to these natural reservoirs of Ebola and increasing the risk of transmission.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The evil was not merely that searches occurred but that the government treated entire populations as searchable first and innocent later.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

In reality, there are only a few New Guinean—like populations in the Philippine/western Indonesia area, notably the Negritos living in mountainous areas of the Philippines.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond