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Residents in remote parts of Chad are walking to nearby towns to participate in the country's first nationwide census in 17 years. Many see the count as a chance to finally bring attention to gaps in public services in their communities.
After more than four decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo is finally counting its population again, giving millions like 28-year-old Heritier Ramazani their first chance to be officially recognized by their own country. The digital census could help 112 million people access identity documents and government services for the first time.
Australia's upcoming Census is expanding to capture more complete data about the country's diverse communities, helping ensure vital services like healthcare interpreters and multilingual resources reach the people who need them most. Community leaders are successfully pushing for even more inclusive questions to close gaps in care.
India is launching its first fully digital census in 2027, with 3.1 million government volunteers using smartphones to count every person in the world's most populous nation. For the first time, private tech workers will help officials release results faster than ever before.
India's new online census portal attracted 55,000 households within 24 hours of launching, signaling a major step toward digitizing one of the world's largest population counts. Even the President and Prime Minister were among the first to participate.
Over 61,000 teachers across Kerala are stepping up to conduct India's 2027 Census, bringing their expertise to one of the world's largest data-gathering operations. Their involvement shows how educators continue serving their communities beyond the classroom.
Australia's 2026 census now includes questions about gender identity and sexual orientation for the first time, ensuring more than 28 million people can be fully counted. The change will help fill critical data gaps affecting healthcare, housing, and support services for LGBTQ+ communities.
Starting in 2027, Indians can fill out their own census data online instead of waiting for a door-to-door visit. The shift aims to make counting the world's largest democracy faster, more accurate, and more inclusive.
Norfolk Island's 2,100 residents will complete Australia's census this month with a meaningful upgrade. For the first time, they can fully express their unique Pitcairn heritage through improved ancestry questions.
New satellite technology using AI just revealed that more than half the world's population is in the wrong development tier. This breakthrough could help aid reach millions who've been overlooked by outdated census data.
This August, anyone in South Carolina can spend just 15 minutes helping scientists track the bees and butterflies that keep our food systems thriving. Clemson Extension is recruiting volunteers for a region-wide pollinator census that turns curious community members into conservation heroes.
A global Ocean Census has revealed over 1,100 potentially new marine species, including carnivorous sponges, ghost sharks, and worms living inside glass castles. The discoveries prove we're speeding up ocean exploration just in time to protect life we've never seen before.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope will peer into the heart of the Milky Way starting in 2026, discovering over 1,000 new planets and revealing whether Earth-like worlds are common. The mission will create the first complete census of planets across our galaxy.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this year with 100 times Hubble's field of view, ready to examine a billion galaxies and complete our census of planets beyond our solar system. The mission represents a giant leap in humanity's quest to understand our universe and search for habitable worlds.
A man who never attended school just received India's highest honors for preserving a dying language spoken by fewer people each decade. Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat spent five decades writing poetry, textbooks, and radio programs in Balti, a vulnerable language losing 31% of its speakers between censuses.
NASA's newest space telescope will discover more planets in five years than humanity has found in all of history combined. The Roman Space Telescope, launching in 2027, will also create the first real census of mysterious rogue planets drifting through space without stars.
After Dalit groups raised concerns, Punjab's government swiftly removed discriminatory caste terminology from forms used in a major state survey. The change affects a groundbreaking effort to document drug abuse and socioeconomic conditions across the state.
More than 1,000 researchers just unveiled over 1,100 newly discovered ocean species, from carnivorous "death ball" sponges to ghost sharks living miles beneath the waves. The discoveries prove our oceans are teeming with life we're only beginning to understand.
India is fast-tracking a historic law that will reserve one-third of Parliament seats for women, potentially making it reality before 2029. The government is consulting opposition parties on amendments that could expand the legislature from 543 to 816 seats, with 273 guaranteed for women.
The pandemic shift to working from home has found its sweet spot, with over 13% of Americans now working primarily remotely. That's more than double pre-COVID levels, signaling a permanent transformation in how we work.
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