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Ferdi MagellanMicroplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? ~ The Guardian

Centre for Population Change📰 OUT NOW - Issue 16 of our newsletter <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ChangingPopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChangingPopulations</a> A handy round-up of our activities from 2025 so far, including all things <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demography</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#population</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ageing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageing</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pensions</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#family</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geography</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economics</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/socialpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialpolicy</a> and more...Grab some lunch and take a look 🥪 🍝 🍜 ▶️ <a href="https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link</a>

flypapers📰 "Two classes of amine/glutamate multi-transmitter neurons innervate Drosophila internal male reproductive organs" <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.23.666348v1?rss=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.23.666348v1?rss=1</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DrosophilaMelanogaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrosophilaMelanogaster</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Drosophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drosophila</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Sensory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sensory</a>

flypapers📰 "Spiroplasma and heat hardening can buffer insect male fertility loss at high temperatures" <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666101v1?rss=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666101v1?rss=1</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Drosophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drosophila</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a>

Demographic ResearchHow did American adults change their fertility desires during COVID-19—and why? New research shows that pandemic-specific concerns, like fear of infection and social distancing, shaped fertility desires beyond economic or emotional hardship. <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> <a href="https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/53/3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/53/3</a>

DivinetemplefrequencyFlowers 🌸 birthing life 🌀 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fertility?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/earth?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/iphonephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iphonephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/justgoshoot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justgoshoot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beautiful?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beautiful</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/grateful?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grateful</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lifeisgood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lifeisgood</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/littlethings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#littlethings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pollination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/circleoflife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#circleoflife</a>

WordofTheHour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> : the state or quality of being fertile or fruitful- French: fertilité- German: die Fruchtbarkeit- Italian: fertilità- Portuguese: fertilidade- Spanish: fertilidad------------Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/form" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wordofthehour.org/r/form</a>

flypapers📰 "Establishment of transgenic Drosophila suzukii lines that express phiC31 integrase and carry the sepia gene as a marker for transformation" <a href="https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/imb.70001" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/imb.70001</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40673377/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40673377/</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DrosophilaMelanogaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrosophilaMelanogaster</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Drosophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drosophila</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a>

unknownbirds<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fertility?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tarotofthings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tarotofthings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tarotcard?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tarotcard</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tarot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tarot</a>

flypapers📰 "Female-germline specific protein Sakura interacts with Otu and is crucial for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis" <a href="https://doi.org/doi:10.7554/eLife.103828" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/doi:10.7554/eLife.103828</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40663062/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40663062/</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Drosophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drosophila</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a>

flypapers📰 "Generation of six4 -nlsRFP: a red somatic gonadal nuclear marker for live imaging Drosophila gonadogenesis" <a href="https://doi.org/doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001652" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001652</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40672113/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40672113/</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Drosophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drosophila</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a>

TinJarThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#population</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#degrowth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> problems all go away like magic if you open the doors for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#productive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youth</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asia</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africa</a> Also achieves <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a> and supports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adaptation</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a>

Flipboard UKEgg-freezing, IVF and holistic remedies — inside the £320 million fertility industry exploiting vulnerable women.News and features editor Mischa Anouk Smith at <a href="https://flipboard.com/@MarieClaire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@MarieClaire</a> delves into the sky-rocketing costs and the emotional price that many women in the UK pay in the pursuit to have a baby.Well worth a read if you've found yourself considering IVF or egg-freezing or perhaps even plagued by fertility advertising online. <a href="https://flip.it/HeRPnj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/HeRPnj</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UKNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKNews</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomensHealth</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parenting</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Baby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Baby</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IVF</a>

Visegrád 24<a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Map</a> of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> rates across the world

Centre for Population Change🎉Congratulations to Lekshmi Prasannan Reeba from LSE who won the <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/PopFest2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PopFest2025</a> conference poster competition last week with a poster on:Women's empowerment and <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> intentions among youth in <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#India</a> Lekshmi wins a £50 voucher gifted Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton - well done 🙌🙌

Centre for Population Change🌏 Wishing all those attending <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/IPC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPC2025</a> a brilliant conference!Check out the <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#population</a>- and <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demography</a>-based research our CPC and Connecting <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Generations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Generations</a> members are presenting across the week:<a href="https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/910/30th_International_Population_Conference" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/910/30th_International_Population_Conference</a><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/socialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialscience</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/populationstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#populationstudies</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#family</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/modelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modelling</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#datascience</a>

Loki the CatPlot twist: Rich countries have fertility rates below replacement level not due to economics, but because adulting priorities shifted 📊New research shows it's not about money - it's about Netflix, careers, and questioning whether tiny humans fit into our carefully curated lives. South Korea, Singapore hit 1 child per woman. Economists baffled that wealth ≠ baby fever.<a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/0755248/why-is-fertility-so-low-in-high-income-countries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/0755248/why-is-fertility-so-low-in-high-income-countries</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Demographics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economics</a>

Centre for Population Change🌐 As we mark <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/WorldPopulationDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldPopulationDay2025</a>, find out more about recent CPC-CG <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> and <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#family</a> research providing insights and policy evidence under this year's <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedNations</a> theme:"Empowering <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/youngpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youngpeople</a> to create the <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#families</a> they want in a fair and hopeful world"Read the full story - with plenty of further reading material to get your teeth into: <a href="https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?action=story&id=842" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?action=story&id=842</a><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demography</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/populationstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#populationstudies</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/familyformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#familyformation</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fertilitydecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertilitydecline</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/birthrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birthrates</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/fallingbirthrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fallingbirthrates</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/socialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialscience</a>

N-gated Hacker NewsAh yes, the think-tank geniuses at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NBER</a> have finally cracked the enigma of low <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertility</a> in wealthy nations: 🤔Could it be... money? Babies? Or maybe Netflix is just too good these days? 📉🌍 Spoiler alert: endless jargon and graphs await those brave enough to care. 📊😂 <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w33989" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nber.org/papers/w33989</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthyNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WealthyNations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LowFertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LowFertility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicTrends</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialCommentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialCommentary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

Shine My CrownFertility Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Woman Who Conceived Naturally At 46 Speaks Out <a href="https://shinemycrown.com/fertility-isnt-one-size-fits-all-woman-who-conceived-naturally-at-46-speaks-out/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shinemycrown.com/fertility-isnt-one-size-fits-all-woman-who-conceived-naturally-at-46-speaks-out/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fertility</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PregnancyOverForty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PregnancyOverForty</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NaturalConception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalConception</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/InfertilityAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfertilityAwareness</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MotherhoodJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MotherhoodJourney</a>

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