Robin Henig
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Articles by Robin Henig
Can Plants and Animals Lie?
Analyzing animals to better understand Homo sapiens has become a sub-genre in the field of science writing. Sometimes this works well, as when Sabrina Imbler uses a purple octopus, starving to death while incubating her eggs, as a metaphor for disordered eating in How Far the Light Reaches.
The Devastating Loss of Grandparents among One Million COVID Dead
Think of the dead grandparents and everything they’ll miss. All the milestones, the middle school graduations and bar mitzvahs and quinceañeras. All the victories, on soccer fields or piano recital halls. All the ordinary shared moments, dancing to “Baby Beluga,” or making banana bread, building extravagant Lego towers, watching The Wizard of Oz and cuddling at the flying monkeys part. And the grandchildren, now bereft and sorrowful—think of everything they’ll miss, too.
Delta Has Muddled Families’ Decision Making
Parents and grandparents constantly rely on their intuition for raising kids. With Delta, I just feel helpless. Early in my grandmotherhood, I almost made a terrible mistake. My ten-month-old granddaughter was home from day care with a fever, so I went over to babysit. Toward the evening, the baby’s fever spiked to a terrifying 106.8. By then my son-in-law was home. My first impulse was to panic, but my granddaughter seemed … well, she seemed okay, somehow, just very hot.
What science fiction got right and wrong about the babies of the future
Science fiction writers have imagined just about every aspect of life in some far-off future — including how humans will reproduce. And usually, their visions have included a backlash against those who tamper with Mother Nature.
What Is It Like to Regain Senses?
Twenty years ago, I got a glimpse of how it feels to lack one of our vaunted five senses when I took a bonk on the head and lost my ability to smell. I grieved the loss — one that’s not uncommon after a brain injury or, as we’ve learned from grueling experience, a bout of Covid — and I searched mightily for advice on how to get it back.
The Struggles of Those Who Regain Sight and Hearing
Nonfiction June 29, 2021Updated 3:58 p.m. ET COMING TO OUR SENSES A Boy Who Learned to See, a Girl Who Learned to Hear, and How We All Discover the World By Susan R. Barry Twenty years ago, I got a glimpse of how it feels to lack one of our vaunted five senses when I took a bonk on the head and lost my ability to smell.
How assisted reproduction made parenthood possible for more people
Where babies come from In the beginning, no one really understood how babies were made. Thinkers puzzled for millennia about how life arose from one generation to the next, but not until the 17th century did scientists start to seriously study the question.
Solving mysteries of reproduction helped make parenthood possible for millions
In the beginning, no one really understood how babies were made. Thinkers puzzled for millennia about how life arose from one generation to the next. But not until the 17th century did scientists start to seriously study the question.
Parents Set Rules for Their Kids. Grandparents Break Them.
Each generation has its own norms for parenting, and arguing over the differences can be an emotional minefield. Robin Marantz Henig 11:14 AM ET Martin parr / Magnum photos One of the sweetest parts of being a grandparent is being invited by your own adult children to spend time with your grandkids. But the invitation comes with a few conditions, and in even the most loving families, grandparents ignore these rules on a regular basis.
I Can Finally Hug My Grandkids
© Provided by The Atlantic Vincent Migeat / Agence VU / Redux I didn’t feel weepy the first time I hugged my two granddaughters postvaccination. What I felt instead was a softening, a physical relief, a deep sense that things could be normal again, as I sank down to the floor with the 2-year-old and let her nestle into my lap. This relief, I thought, is what a vaccine has given me.
I felt fine, but tested positive for the coronavirus. What's that really mean?
Dion MBD for NPR When they called to tell me my COVID-19 test was positive, I thought there must have been a mistake. I felt perfectly fine, and in the long months of the pandemic my husband, Jeff, and I had been behaving the way much of the United States had: hyper-vigilant about where we went and who we saw, and careful to follow the recommended public health precautions. Besides, Jeff had taken the same test at the same time, and his was negative.
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