Birth

Zoomers fear them. Boomers want more of them. Millennials will keep making them for the rest of the year. Born between roughly 2010 and the end of 2024, “Generation Alpha” is the demographic successor to Gen Z. Its oldest members are not quite ready for a quinceañera, while its youngest will be conceived in the coming weeks. When the last of them arrive this December, they’ll close the largest cohort of children ever to exist on Earth. There are already concerns that the kids aren’t “alright.” The overwhelming majority…

For most of us, a relationship is a source of support, comfort, and love. Unfortunately, people change or, even worse, get comfortable enough to reveal who they are. The lesson is that you can’t trust someone just because you think you know them.A woman turned to the internet for advice when her husband broke the somewhat shocking revelation that he had considered cheating on her due to her weight gain. Readers were quick to call out the husband, reassure OP, and provide her with whatever support and suggestions that…

An artist’s conception of Mors-Somnus, a binary duo comprised of a pair of icy asteroids bound by gravity, is shown. UCF researchers recently used the James Webb Space Telescope (also depicted) to analyze their surface compositions for the first time. Credit: Angela Ramirez, UCFResearchers studying the binary asteroid Mors-Somnus in the Kuiper Belt have used the James Webb Space Telescope to gather unique data on trans-Neptunian objects, offering new insights into the formation of Neptune and the outer solar system’s…

Birthdays are often special; we have seen people organize grand parties and also receive expensive gifts on their special day. Here, we have a man from Gujarat who was so happy about the birth of his girl child that he decided to get his Range Rover SUV wrapped in pink. A video of him driving the car, fully wrapped in pink with graphics, has gone viral on the internet. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Surat updates (@suratupdatesofficial) The video has been…

Hydropower is one of the world’s largest sources of renewable electricity.But last year, weather conditions caused hydropower to fall short in a major way, with generation dropping by a record amount. In fact, the decrease was significant enough to have a measurable effect on global emissions.  Total energy-related emissions rose by just over 1% in 2023, and a shortfall of hydroelectric power accounts for 40% of that rise, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Between year-to-year weather…

Climate change is having detrimental effects on children's health as an increasing number of infants are born preterm, presenting to hospital, and experiencing respiratory disease, putting society's most vulnerable at greater risk of death.New research by an Australian team of scientists reviewing 163 health studies from across the world reveals an extremely troubling picture of how childhood health measures have already worsened as a result of climate change, which shows no sign of abating anytime soon.An estimated 600…

A study has linked phthalates, chemicals in plastics and cosmetics, to nearly 56,600 preterm births in the U.S. in 2018, with costs up to $8.1 billion. It underscores the health risks of phthalates, such as hormone disruption and lower newborn weights, advocating for stricter regulation to mitigate the impacts on public health and the economy.A recent study suggests that regular contact with chemicals found in plastic food packaging and numerous cosmetic products could be linked to approximately 56,600 premature births in…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Since the repeal of Roe V. Wade, the reproductive rights and bodily autonomy of the people of the United States are increasingly under attack. Twenty-one states have either banned abortion entirely or have restricted the window in which one can legally get an abortion. On Feb. 16th, the Alabama Supreme Court also ruled that frozen embryos, which are essential for in vitro…

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June of 2022 — destroying the constitutional right to abortion access — conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion that the court should also reconsider previous rulings that established the right to contraception. Less than a month later, all but 10 House Republicans voted against a proposed bill that would have enshrined access to birth control into law. Senate Republicans didn’t support the legislation, either. If it wasn’t clear then that…

A new study by the Salk Institute presents a groundbreaking non-hormonal and reversible male contraceptive method using HDAC inhibitors to block sperm production without affecting libido. This method, targeting the regulation of gene expression in sperm production, promises fewer side effects and fully reversible fertility, indicating a significant advance in the development of male contraceptives.Administering an HDAC inhibitor orally stopped sperm production and fertility in mice without impacting their libido.Surveys…