Author Archives: Roger Gosden

About Roger Gosden

A British/ Canadian/ American scientist specializing in reproduction & embryology whose career spanned from Cambridge to Cornell's Weill Medical College in NYC. Married to Lucinda Veeck, the embryologist for the first successful IVF team in America. They retired to Virginia, where he became a master naturalist and writer affiliated with William & Mary. He also writes on Substack at What’s Hot in Fertility? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gosden

On Substack

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Roger Gosden

I have been writing a Substack titled What’s Hot in Fertility? since March 2024. It offers “digestible news and views about reproductive health and science” with excursions into politics and society.If this interests you, please sign up for illustrated posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Fertility, Health | Tagged Cancer, Cats and dogs, Embryos, extinction, infertility, IVF, Reproductive health | Comments Off

Locust Nuptial Dance

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Roger Gosden

Not much stirs on a sultry afternoon in the Alleghenies. There’s a raven croaking, a Tiger Swallowtail swooping, a bluebottle fly buzzing around in crazy circles.And what seemed at first sight another butterfly, it rises from obscurity on the dirt … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged grasshopper, locust | Comments Off

Musical Moths

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Gosden

I love this project (click to YouTube).The musician Ellie Wilson worked with Oxford Contemporary Music and scientists who studied biodiversity to transform recordings of night-flying moths into music gently accompanied by traditional musical instruments.Moths are mysterious denizens of the night. … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Nature | Tagged Moth sounds, Privet Hawk Moth | 1 Comment

De-extinction of American Chestnuts

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Gosden

I have written before about the near extinction of American Chestnuts, called the greatest ecological catastrophe in the eastern forests of America.I tried (and failed) to grow saplings from four nuts received in payment for my article in the American … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Trees | Tagged American chestnut tree | Comments Off

Roger Gosden’s Substack

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Roger Gosden

I have posted articles about reproductive medicine, science, and population on Substack at What’s Hot in Fertility? since the spring of 2024. And shortly I will launch new literary work on my Personal Substack at https://gosden.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-personal-substack. I hope you will … Continue reading →