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Topic: Sperms

Traces of microplastics found in testicular tissue of humans, could harm reproductive health

Granville Austin -
For the study, published in Toxicological Sciences, researchers from University of New Mexico tested 23 human testes, and 47 testes from dogs, finding alarming levels of microplastics.

Men are ready to use male contraception methods but govts, pharma sector are big barriers

Christina Chung-Lun Wang -
17 million men in the U.S. who are looking for new methods of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies.

Reason behind Jupiter’s high temperature & how Stonehenge survived the test of time

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Don’t worry, men. You may not be losing sperm count, Harvard-MIT study says

Soniya Agrawal -
Harvard-MIT study says earlier research indicating alarming dip in sperm counts may not have been comprehensive since they didn't factor in women, environment, nutrition.

Sperm count in men has fallen by over 50% in 40 years. Who is to blame?

Alex Ford -
Men could have little or no reproductive capacity from 2060 onwards. These are shocking claims, but they’re backed by a growing body of evidence.

‘Want to raise surrogate child’, says man who moved HC seeking custody of dead son’s sperm

Bhadra Sinha -
On 19 January, the court dismissed man's plea seeking to collect the preserved sperm of the dead son. The judge said only the deceased's wife has the right over it.

Father doesn’t have ‘fundamental right’ to dead son’s sperm — What Calcutta HC ruling says

ThePrint Team -
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya dismisses man's plea seeking custody of his deceased son's sperm, & notes that deceased's wife is the only living person with any right to it. Read full judgement here.

World’s oldest sperm is around 100 million years old, and is trapped in amber

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Sperms don’t swim — scientists have been wrong for the last 350 years

Hermes Gadêlha -
To monitor sperm movement, we set up a super-fast camera capable of recording over 55,000 pictures in one second mounted on a fast oscillating stage.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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