Author Archives: Roger Gosden
De-extinction of American Chestnuts
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
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Roger Gosden’s Substack
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
Save our Science (S.O.S.)
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
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What’s Hot in Fertility?
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:
Taking a Pause
In the past decade I have blogged news and views on a nature theme 300 times. Visitors can access these posts in archives and the sister domain, Jamestowne Bookworks. I am taking a break from blogging to devote more time … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 