As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health beyond the bounds of ...

As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health ...

Over centuries, artists and censors have employed the humble fig leaf to cover the penis – including on Michelangelo’s ...

Radiation and microgravity are two of the greatest hazards to astronauts’ reproductive health. “Space radiation can damage ...

A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

The big thinkers at Aperture discuss anti-natalism and arguments questioning human reproduction.

Researchers have detected microplastics in blood, placentas, and organs. A scientific review explains how they affect human biology.

A duplicated gene evolved into a switch that determines sex in frogs, revealing how evolution can safely reshape critical ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notice to the parents on Centres appeal assailing the 2024 verdict of a single judge which held that there was no prohibition ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...