{"id":24099,"date":"2023-02-10T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T09:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=136681"},"modified":"2023-02-10T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:35:19","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: The world\u2019s ageing population and the ticking demographic time bomb, with Prof Jane Falkingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

The planet’s dramatic birth rate drop, explained. <\/p>

By Jason Goodyer\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we\u2019re talking about our planet\u2019s population problem \u2013 but not the one you\u2019re thinking.<\/p>\n

It was recently reported that China has entered an era of negative population growth, after demographic statistics revealed a drop in numbers for the first time since 1961. And they are not alone. Many other countries across the world are also experiencing dramatic falls in birth rates. This had led some researchers to suggest that many countries are facing a so-called demographic time bomb that will leave them with an ageing population and a shortfall of people of working age.<\/p>\n

We speak to Prof Jane Falkingham<\/a> of the University of Southampton\u2019s Centre for Research on Ageing. She tells us more about the world\u2019s ageing population, how we have reached this point and what we can do to lessen its impact.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-science-persuasion\/"\">The science of persuasion, with Prof Vanessa Bohns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-light-pollution\/"\">Light pollution, with Dr Greg Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham\/"\">How to enhance your focus with sound, with Dr Nick Perham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-electrome\/"\">The electrome, with Sally Adee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-big-garden-birdwatch\/"\">Big Garden Birdwatch, with Adrian Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-emotions-with-dr-dean-burnett\/"\">Emotions, with Dr Dean Burnett<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The planet’s dramatic birth rate drop, explained. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24100,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-worlds-ageing-population-and-the-ticking-demographic-time-bomb-with-prof-jane-falkingham.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The planet's dramatic birth rate drop, explained.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}