Research maxed out I started colonizing the moon. Only at that point did I notice that the population growth had stagnated at 550-something, where most nuggets were really old and no kid nuggets existed. Max use of cupidon got things started again though, so I thought it was sorted.

Then I sent my rocket to the moon. Didn't spend a whole lot of time there, just got the thing started. But when I returned to the mother planet I had a population of 380-something, a drastic drop of nearly if not precisely 100 nuggets. For what, a few in-game days?

Why? This has to be a bug, right? There was loads of food, no natural disasters or enemies, and no disease. Why are so many wiped out?

Then as I worked to up the numbers again and get nuggets producing nuggetinis, a lightning strike killed two nuggets. Nothing spectacular, the cemetary picked up one.
The other one though just lies there, dead, right outside the back of the cemetary and nothing happens. I tried to grab him with the telekenesis tool, but it just WILL NOT TAKE. What gives?

No really, is there a bug once you get past a certain population size (it shouldn't be 500 though if there's an achievement for 1000), or maybe once you start colonizing the moon? (the transition screen went bright magenta for me twice, as well) Kind of robs the game of its purpose in that case.