Thanks New Scientist asst. copy editor for getting straight to the point in the subhead, and thanks New Scientist senior editors for then missing it literally everywhere else. You never fail to disappoint, except seemingly always.

I'm not dissing the research by the way. But "we have to be cautious about the excitement level" regarding menopause seems to be quite the understatement. It seems all they're saying is it's another cool thing about the naked mole rat and it also might be usable as a model in future research.