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A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. It is a group of common problems in present-day society that many people strive to solve. It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's control.
Wicked problem – Problem that is difficult or impossible to solve; World Community Grid – BOINC based volunteer computing project to aid scientific research; WorldRiskReport – Annual cooperation report on global disaster risks; World-systems theory – Approach emphasizing the world-system as the primary unit of social analysis
Environment destruction caused by humans is a global, ongoing problem. [4] Water pollution also cause problems to marine life. [5] Some scholars believe that the projected peak global population of roughly 9-10 billion people could live sustainably within the earth's ecosystems if humans worked to live sustainably within planetary boundaries.
America's life expectancy (bold blue line) is falling behind its international peers, including all high-income countries (red) and Japan (purple). China's life expectancy (green) outstripped the ...
Homochirality is an obvious characteristic of life on Earth, yet extraterrestrial samples contain largely racemic compounds. [7] It is not known whether homochirality existed before life, whether the building blocks of life must have this particular chirality, or whether life must be homochiral at all. [8] [9] What do all the unknown proteins do?
Religion and sexuality and various related topics. Role of women in religion, Religious feminism, and related topics; Separation of church and state; Satanism; Sathya Sai Baba – enduring dispute about the amount of space devoted to describing the views of proponents and critics as published on their homepages; Scientology; Seventh-day ...
Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear and radiation accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive waste management; Ocean trash — Garbage patch • Ghost net • Washed Ashore; Water pollution
A January 2015 Pew Research Center poll indicated that "Making Social Security system sound" was the fifth highest priority of 23 topics. [ 114 ] According to a July 2015 Gallup poll, many Americans doubted they would get Social Security benefits, although the level of doubt was similar to readings going back to 1989.