A Brief History of China’s One-Child Policy

The world’s most populous nation is about to get more crowded — in one city at least. In an effort to slow the rapid graying of the workforce, China’s state press reported July 24, the national government will encourage couples in Shanghai — the country’s most populous city — to have two kids if the parents are themselves only children.

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Scientist Stephen Hawking ‘very ill’

Scientist and author Stephen Hawking is "very ill" and has been hospitalized, according to Cambridge University, where he is a professor. Hawking, 67, is one of the world’s most famous physicists and also a cosmologist, astronomer, and mathematician. Wheelchair-bound Hawking is perhaps most famous for ‘A Brief History of Time’ which explored the origins of the universe in layman’s terms, is considered a modern classic.

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