Here’s a riddle for you: what do human females have in common with killer whales, beluga whales, narwhals, and short-finned pilot whales? We all live for decades after our reproductive years end [1]. Menopause, defined as the end of the reproductive years, or, when a woman stops having her period and thus stops being fertile, happens […]

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