> Defying predictions of demographic decline, northern Europeans have started having more babies. Britain and France are now projecting steady population growth through the middle of the century. In North America, the trends are similar. In 2050, according to United Nations projections, it is possible that nearly as many babies will be born in the United States as in China.
For a supposedly intelligent species, this is terribly depressing news. The common-sense prediction of a centerpiece of the biological sciences, the Logistic Function, apparently will be postponed until the human suffering level is high enough to make it unavoidable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function