Saturday, May 15, 2021

She gave birth to nine babies. How did this happen?

 



Book Review: Klara and the Sun
by Jennifer Lahl, CBC President

If you are looking for a summer read, and are a fan of Kazuo Ishiguro, I heartily recommend his latest novel, Klara and the Sun. Full disclosure, I am a fan of his storytelling style, and his books often fit in nicely with the work of the CBC as we work toward our human future.  In his book Never Let Me Go Ishiguro tackles the issue of human cloning by presenting us with a world where children live in an idyllic private English school and spend their days painting beautiful paintings. Little do the children know, they have been cloned by people who will call upon them when they need an organ donor – and then their usefulness will be completed. I reviewed this book here.

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She Just Gave Birth to Nine Babies. How Did This Happen?
by Kallie Fell, CBC Executive Director

Do you remember Octomom, Nadya Suleman? I do. In fact, one of my college friends dressed up as Octomom for a Halloween party when I was in college. Both studying reproductive physiology, we thought the outfit and the eight corresponding babies she stuck to her costume were hilarious. Clearly my prefrontal cortex hadn’t developed fully yet. 

College buffoonery aside, there is a woman in West Africa that has beaten Octomom’s record, giving birth to nine babies! 

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