An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency,” it states. “To secure a sustainable future, we must change…
Tag: Birth Rates
Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates
Many countries impose time limits on storing frozen sperm, but a sperm bank study has found this may not be necessary as it has little effect on birth rates Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207447-storing-sperm-in-a-freezer-for-a-decade-hardly-affects-birth-rates/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
US Birth Rates Hit Another Record Low in 2018
The U.S. birth rate continues to fall, reaching another record low in 2018, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Source: https://www.livescience.com/65478-us-birth-rate-record-low-2018.html
65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation is getting worse
Source: https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/10/18566052/school-segregation-brown-board-education-report…
More Internet, Less Sex
The modern decline of healthy social interactions. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/sex-americans-internet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss