NASA’s Hubble telescope captures ‘nursery’ of newborn stars connected by an ‘umbilical cord’ to a black hole in a nearby galaxy A black hole has been observed “triggering the birth” of new stars in a nearby dwarf galaxy, suggesting that the mysterious cosmic phenomena are more than just “villainous” destructive objects that violently consume everything […]
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China’s birth rate drops to record low
The number plummeted for a fifth consecutive year Mainland China’s birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021, continuing a downward trend that prompted Beijing to allow couples to have up to three children, amending its long-running one-child policy. China’s National Bureau of Statistics recorded 10.62 million births, or only 7.5 births per 1,000 […]
Changing sex on birth certificates made simpler
New Zealand has enacted a self-identification law that makes it easier to amend the sex recorded on birth certificates. It removes a requirement on applicants to provide evidence of having undergone sex-reassignment procedures. The country’s parliament on Thursday voted unanimously to pass the legislation, titled the ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationship Registration Bill’. Once it […]
MP cycles to hospital to give birth for second time
A cycling-advocate MP from New Zealand’s Green Party has used the eco-friendly means of transportation to get to a hospital to give birth. It was the second time the emission-conscious lawmaker has done so. Unlike during her previous pregnancy, Julie Anne Genter had not intended to cycle to hospital herself, but “it did end up […]
China reports lowest birth rate in decades
China has reported its lowest birth rate since 1978: 8.52 births per 1,000 people in 2020, and these numbers are getting dangerously close to the death rate. Read more China allows couples to have a 3rd child in order to fix the country’s aging population problem According to the Yearbook 2021, published by the country’s […]
East European leaders urge EU nations to increase birth rate to prevent ‘extinction of Europe’, saying immigration not the answer
The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia signed a joint statement on Thursday calling on the EU to not use immigration in an attempt to address what they perceive as a demographic crisis in the bloc. “Increasing the number of European children is essential to preserving Europe’s Christian culture and other […]