Tracy Mumford

A reproductive health expert not involved in the research told The Times that showed that, quote, these extra eggs weren't small, shriveled-up eggs that they didn't want anyway.

These were viable.

That expert and others said the new research is promising, though larger studies are needed to confirm the results.

The company behind the new findings says it's in talks with the FDA to get approval to deploy that pinball-like device more broadly.

In the meantime, it says fertility clinics can use it as part of research efforts.

While many people are cutting back on things like air travel or vacations, the ultra-rich, we're talking 30 million plus, are going big.

And more and more companies want a piece of that.

At a recent travel expo in Cannes, France, there were 10 times as many exhibitors and luxury travel advisors than in the early 2000s.

The increasing competition has basically set off an arms race of how lux is lux?

What wildest whim can we meet?

If you're thinking, oh, private jet, you are not thinking big enough.

Some of the travel executives shared stories like a client who wanted them to arrange it so his son could play soccer with big name professional athletes in one of Italy's national stadiums.

Or the time a client panicked because a monsoon had eroded the beach near their rented villa in the Seychelles, and the advisor had to arrange to have an emergency shipment of sand brought in.

One said that for his clients, it's about emotion as much as anything, saying, quote, you want to feel more special than anyone else.

Those are the headlines.

Today on The Daily, the story of how under the Trump administration, a tiny group of activists are on the brink of wiping out climate regulation.

You can listen to that in The New York Times app or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Traci Mumford.

We'll be back tomorrow with the latest and the Friday News Quiz.

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