I've got poor people insurance and even though I have a primary, he's never available. I don't think the providers I'm seeing give a hoot about my history even though it's there. The Healthcare in my state is absolutely atrocious.

I think nurses are amazing. I have deep respect for ICU nurses especially. When my younger sister was passing, the ICU nurses went above and beyond. I can imagine there must be lots of hard work and a lot of emotions in that line of work.

I’m with you, there are plenty of children out there that need love and a stable home.

Thanks New Scientist asst. copy editor for getting straight to the point in the subhead, and thanks New Scientist senior editors for then missing it literally everywhere else. You never fail to disappoint, except seemingly always.

I'm not dissing the research by the way. But "we have to be cautious about the excitement level" regarding menopause seems to be quite the understatement. It seems all they're saying is it's another cool thing about the naked mole rat and it also might be usable as a model in future research.

“Okay sir, your total for the diapers is $44.87”

“Oh, I have a coupon.”

“Thank you… sir, this is for adult diapers. This will not apply to these size 3 Pampers cruisers.”

“That reminds me! I’ll be right back. I’m still using that coupon.”

Have to explain to the store clerk you are looking for baby diapers and not adult? That’s gotta be hell every time

Before these mole rats where discovered as the first mamals living like ants or bees in a colony a scientist made a prediction about the posibility of such mamals based on evolutionary theory.

Oh, that goes without saying

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I could vape it. I just haven't gotten around to getting it yet. I keep forgetting it's a thing.

I actually quit smoking because my blood pressure was so high. Every time I’d smoke my heart would start racing. So I stopped. BP has come down slightly.

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Or perhaps they find a hormone that can provoke growth of new cells. Or something else. Hence why it's research and not a product yet

Our (human) eggs age and die out. Naked Mole Rat eggs do not. The aging is what causes the high risk of problems. I don't know how someone could alter a female sex fetus's DNA to stop her being born with all of her eggs.

Yo ICU nurse here, this is more common than folks realize. It's part of why you should see a doctor at least every couple years, so we can at least catalogue some normals for you for when the check engine light inevitably turns on

If a patient tells you what their normal is, that's their normal

Remember to fund your retirement

Yeah, this is a pointless finding because 1) it's not a patient-centered outcome, and 2) it's not done in a medically interesting population

i thought einstein said that god doesn't play dice with the universe.

There’s 8 billion people on earth. There’s larger problems than infertility.

Me and my partner are just thinking of not having kids at this point now that we are past or late 20s. It's just too expensive and we don't want our parents to help with supporting our children if we decide to have any. We both don't have the best relationship with our families, especially from my partner's side.

We'll probably invest in our careers, hobbies, and traveling instead of having a family.

There was a mass extinction that effected bigger animals the most, because there was more body surface to burst through and do damage. Also Sea creatures where not that effected, because the rays did not get that deep into the water.

We already can't support the people we have. Let's not make more.

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This is not a solvable problem without automation otherwise the population has to permanently grow to support the economy which isn’t realistic unless we’re settling in space

...unless they spent their entire fortune in fertility treatments.