The infertility crisis is beyond doubt. Now scientists must find the cause

News last week that sperm counts in western men have halved confirmed what experts already knew. The real problem is that no one knows whyThe topic has become the mainstay of dystopian science fiction. Our world is afflicted by widespread infertility and childless civilisations are left hovering on the brink of collapse.Children of Men andThe Handmaid ’sTale provide perfect examples of these unsettling narratives.Yet the scenarios outlined in these books and dramatisations may be less fanciful than is first supposed. Indeed, reaction to a study of male infertility, published last week, suggests we may already be hurtling towards such a fate.Continue reading...
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