Fertility
Baby Fears: Population Anxiety Mustn’t be Resolved at Cost to Women’s Rights
Anxieties about "too few" people are particularly strong in Eastern Europe, where low fertility rates are compounded by high levels of emigration. As a result, country's populations have been shrinking, in some cases by more than 25 per cent since the early 1990s.
Eurostat: Bulgarian Women give Birth to their First Child the Earliest
Women in Europe are giving birth to their first child later than before: according to the European statistics agency Eurostat, the average age of first-time mothers in the European Union was 29.7 years in 2021, reported the "Frankfurter Rundschau". Statistics place Bulgarian women among the youngest mothers - the average age when they have their first child is 26.
Future seniors without a safety net
Breaking with the age-old traditions, the family in Greece will in the future be less able to perform the role of safety cushion, taking care of the elderly when they can no longer live independently, due to demographic trends.
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'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathers
Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research on March 15 hailed as "revolutionary."
Father accused of raping 4-year-old child
A 40-year-old man in northern Greece is accused of repeatedly raping his 4-year-old son and filming the acts with the help of the boy's grandmother in a new case of sexual assault against a minor.
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Paris Hilton announces birth of first child
Media personality and hotel heiress Paris Hilton announced on Jan. 24 that she and husband Carter Reum had welcomed their first child.
Hilton posted a photo on Instagram of what appeared to be her newborn baby grasping her thumb.
"You are already loved beyond words," Hilton wrote with a blue heart emoji.
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The World’s Largest Religious Groups Over Time (infographic)
Globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate of any religious group
Alarming Spike in Sexual Assault in the US Military
Sexual assault has increased by 13 percent in the US military, according to an annual report presented to Congress by the Department of Defense.
The 2021 numbers are the highest since the US military began tracking sexual assault in 2006.
Scientists use stem cells to create synthetic mouse embryos
Scientists have created "synthetic" mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad's sperm or a mom's egg or womb.
The lab-created embryos mirror a natural mouse embryo up to eight days after fertilization, containing the same structures, including one like a beating heart.
A 26-year-old accused of raping a British tourist in Vonitsa was arrested
The 24-year-old tourist complained that the young man used violence to force her into sexual acts near a bar