Thus The Independent today. “The reproductive health of the average male has gone into sharp decline, “ the newspaper elaborates, “the world’s largest study of the quality and concentration of sperm has found.” In the meanwhile, testicular cancer and other disorders such as undescended testes are on the rapid rise. Reasons ranging from tight underwear to toxins in the environment have been advanced by a number of researchers. However, a definitive cause has not yet been found. Predictably, the article does not even mention Mother Nature. “Don’t reproduce!” she is yelling for all to hear. “Time’s not right!” Looking for a definitive cause of the decline of reproductive health is a bit like looking for a definitive cause of love. It will have to do with biochemistry, no doubt, but it is irrelevant to the average male. And it cannot be fixed by biochemistry alone. Anyhow, it is time to thank Mother Nature for all the troubles with reproduction on both sides of the sexual divide. But it is safe to bet everything will be all right in a couple of thousand years, by when the last vestiges of this civilization will be mercifully dead and buried. Hail posthistory!