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Hans Rosling on population growth, poverty and saving lives

By Tom Paulson on 1 November 2011 0

Given the recent hooh-hah about the global human population on Earth supposedly reaching 7 billion, it’s worth taking another look at this great TED talk by the world’s most entertaining statistician, Hans Rosling.

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Tom Paulson is founder and lead journalist at Humanosphere. Prior to operating this online news site, he reported on science, medicine, health policy, aid and development for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Contact him at tom[at]humanosphere.org or follow him on Twitter @tompaulson.

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