As talk of Mars colonisation and permanent lunar bases accelerates, scientists are issuing a stark warning: human ...

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

Microgravity can alter hormones, reduce sperm and egg quality, and affect embryo development.

As space tourism gets cheaper and missions keep getting longer, scientists are now raising a question that used to be limited ...

Describing space as a fundamentally " hostile environment " for all human life, the study highlights the very limited data on ...

The Y chromosome is inherited only through the paternal line. Sons receive their Y chromosome exclusively from their father.

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Space is a toxic cocktail of radiation and weightlessness that is hostile to terrestrial biology. As missions stretch from ...

Mars colonies is doubt as radiation, microgravity and even toxic lunar dust could scramble fertility ...

In A Nutshell Space radiation can damage reproductive DNA. A Mars trip exposes travelers to 662 millisieverts: levels known ...