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Was Malthus Wrong?



Economist, demographer, and Cambridge scholar Thomas Malthus was born 250 years ago, in February 1766, near Dorking, England. His father is said to have been a friend of the philosophers David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the young man imbibed philosophy, Latin, Greek and mathematics as a student at Oxford.

Elected by Men or Appointed by God?



Since the time of Confederation, Canada has held 42 federal elections, with the most recent occurring on October 19, 2015. The 78-day campaign—long by Canadian standards—leading up to October 19 consisted of rallies, TV debates and the traditional door-to-door appeal to the voter for support of their party. The Liberal Party of Canada, headed by Mr. Justin Trudeau, won a decisive victory—garnering 39.5 percent of the popular vote and 54 percent (184 of 338) of the seats in the House of Commons, thus forming a majority government.

The New Jerusalem



Jerusalem is not just the focal point of today's Middle East conflicts. Your Bible reveals that Jerusalem will be the world capital, and that a new Jerusalem will ultimately come to planet Earth!

Superbugs! The End of the Antibiotic Era



Penicillin and other antibiotics seemed to promise a cure for bacterial infections, but new generations of bacteria now outwit old remedies. How will humanity cope? Can God help?

Not-So-New Superbug Found



Scientists have discovered what they initially thought was a new gene (mcr-1) that makes bacteria resistant to the last-line-of-defense antibiotic, colistin. However, this gene has been around for some time and can be passed from one type of bacteria to another.

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