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  1. Josie Glausiusz

    1. Josie Glausiusz is a science journalist and author in Israel. Twitter: @josiegz

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8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World Jennifer D. Sciubba W. W. Norton & Company (2022)

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Nature 604, 33-34 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00926-6

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  • Correction 07 April 2022: An earlier version of this book review erroneously stated that one-quarter of the Japanese population was expected to have dementia by 2045. In fact, the proportion refers only to people aged older than 65.

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