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Is It OK to Have a Child?

The polar icecaps are melting. Is it OK to have a child? Australia is on fire. Is it OK to have a child? My house is flooded, my crops have failed, my community is fleeing. Is it OK to have a child? It is, in a sense, an impossible question.

Meehan Crist London Review of Books Mar 2020 35min Permalink

Science Health

What Happens If We Hit Sperm Count Zero?

Men have become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation they may lose the ability to reproduce entirely.

Daniel Noah Halpern GQ Sep 2018 15min Permalink

Science

The Lunar Sea

How moonlight drives life in the ocean.

Ferris Jabr Hakai Magazine Jun 2017 10min Permalink