Looking for a novel by a European author written in 70s or 80s about astronauts who returned to earth and found it largely uninhabited but not for any readily apparent reason - no wars had broken out or anything obvious. They spent time trying to piece together what happened and wandering around looking for remnants of civilization. Vaguely recall that use of cosmetics or something had affected the fertility rate.
In time Keeps on Slippin' , Farnsworth creates a basketball team which he matures by abusing Chronitons. This leads to time skipping forward by random, but ever increasing amounts. How much time was skipped in this way? Answer Unfortunately, I don't think a good estimate can be made for this, for two reasons: Many of the time skips move forward by an indeterminate amount of time. At one point, the Professor mentions localized regions of space skipping forward much more than others. We then see two young boys on the street below complaining about having to pay social security, only to suddenly become senior citizens and start complaining about wanting their money. Thus, each individual could have experienced a different amount of time skippage.
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