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

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 →

Posted in Nature | Tagged Golden Retrievers, novel writing | Comments Off

Save our Science (S.O.S.)

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Roger Gosden

Many young British and European scientists came as a rite of passage for advanced training in top American Universities and now they mostly come from East Asia and India. I went home after a year at Duke and came back … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia | Tagged National Institutes of Health, Research funding, science | Comments Off

What’s Hot in Fertility?

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Roger Gosden

I am writing on Substack in response to the acute politicization of reproductive autonomy, care, and technology in the U.S.A. Subscription is free. These are titles of long-form articles in reverse order of publication: