China’s Declining Population Can Still Prosper
[ad_1] Earlier this week, the National Bureau of Statistics in China announced that the Chinese population has decreased for the first time in 60 years. The population decrease does not come…
It’s Time to Focus on Reproductive Longevity Research
[ad_1] Women’s ovaries age prematurely, at more than twice the rate of other organs. Why that is remains a mystery to scientists, making it one of the most important unanswered…
Midwives Are an Overlooked Climate Solution
[ad_1] What’s keeping midwives from making a larger dent in the fight against climate change? To start with, there are not enough of them. The United Nations reports that there’s…
Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own
[ad_1] By the time I meet Sayaka Murata, on a recent afternoon in June, the back of my linen dress is damp. It’s an oppressively humid summer day in Tokyo,…