For couples undergoing fertility treatments, marijuana use was linked with improved fertility outcomes when just the male partner smoked. Source: https://www.livescience.com/marijuana-fertility-men.html
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Were These 3,500-Year-Old Carvings of Nude Women Used As Ancient Fertility Drug?
An inscribed ancient Egyptian scarab and five clay tablets with carvings of naked women have been found in Rehob, a 3,500-year-old city in Israel. Source: https://www.livescience.com/66014-fertility-goddess-carvings-ancient-israel.html
Eclipses make animals do strange things
How do solar and lunar eclipses influence animal behavior? While the human world gathers to see tonight’s lunar eclipse, what’s the rest of nature doing? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/lunar-solar-eclipse-animals…
Mars Colonization Possible Through Sperm Bank In Space, Study Suggests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: All-female astronaut crews could reproduce in space without the help of accompanying men, new research suggests. The study found that frozen samples of sperm exposed to microgravity retained similar characteristics to sperm samples kept on the ground, raising hopes that a sperm bank could one day be set up in space to…
Exposure to air pollution seems to negatively affect women’s fertility
Daily exposure to air pollution, including particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, has a negative impact on women’s fertility Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207560-exposure-to-air-pollution-seems-to-negatively-affect-womens-fertility/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
IVF success rates peak as only one in four attempts achieve pregnancy
The success rates for two common fertility treatments have peaked, with only one in four cycles of IVF or ICSI getting pregnant Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207514-ivf-success-rates-peak-as-only-one-in-four-attempts-achieve-pregnancy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…