Over the winter break, the teachers union and the city of Chicago fail and fail again to reach an agreement over Covid protections during the Omicron surge. Classes are subsequently cancelled and, subsequently, the kids and I spend our Thursday wandering the halls and corridors at the Museum of Science and Industry. There, in a small, balcony-level room nestled far from the massive, underground floor that houses a 252-foot German submarine, a series of “windows” form a glowing semicircle: blocks of glass that each contain a preserved embryo or fetus ranging in “gestational age” from four to thirty-eight weeks. Although the text that introduces the exhibit—also illuminated—tallies twenty-four embryos and fetuses, the count is twenty-five if you include both twin sisters who are displayed, as they presumably died, together.
Repeat as Necessary
Repeat as Necessary
Repeat as Necessary
Over the winter break, the teachers union and the city of Chicago fail and fail again to reach an agreement over Covid protections during the Omicron surge. Classes are subsequently cancelled and, subsequently, the kids and I spend our Thursday wandering the halls and corridors at the Museum of Science and Industry. There, in a small, balcony-level room nestled far from the massive, underground floor that houses a 252-foot German submarine, a series of “windows” form a glowing semicircle: blocks of glass that each contain a preserved embryo or fetus ranging in “gestational age” from four to thirty-eight weeks. Although the text that introduces the exhibit—also illuminated—tallies twenty-four embryos and fetuses, the count is twenty-five if you include both twin sisters who are displayed, as they presumably died, together.