Cold is indispensable when preserving breast milk for later use in ordinary breastfeeding
practices and, in addition to other devices such as the breast pump, fridges and freezers …

The implications of freezing seeds to conserve genes statically and for the long term are
complex and deserve further reflection to appreciate seed banking as an attempt to detach …

Exploring one of the greatest potential contributors to climate change—thawing permafrost—
and the anxiety of extinction on an increasingly hostile planet Climate scientists point to …

The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a
commonplace of everyday life. Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one …

This chapter focuses empirically on crop diversity conservation practices and the work of the
Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV). It examines how such a framework might suggest …

How often do you think about the mediated space between the weather forecast and the
reality of climate change? Behind the day-glo radar maps and adorably abstract sun and …

Responses to climate change and global warming could be said to “saturate our sense of
the now”(Chakrabarty 2009: 197). They do so no more than in the current designation of …

Developments within cryobiology have turned the freezing of biological parts into standard
clinical procedure. This article turns to the cryopolitics of egg freezing and seed conservation …

Assisted reproductive technologies have expanded vastly and are frequently addressed
using the language of revolution. The last two decades witnessed important transformations …

Today, emergent space technology engages in visions of future off-world colonizing, while
conservation technology is employed in ensuring the continuation of life on earth. In this …