Permanent settlements on the Moon or Mars raise a key question: Can humans reproduce in space? Chinese researchers are now testing this with embryo-like stem cell structures.

Postmenopausal ovaries may remain active by interacting with immune cells. The findings of a new study could widen ...

It's normal to think Mother Nature created the colorful fruits we all adore. But the origin stories of some of these juicy ...

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

“Before the last glacial period, Neanderthals had diverse maternal lineages. As ice sheets advanced and habitable territory shrank, survivors appear to have concentrated in a climate refugium in ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome editing technique ...

In the past decade, (bio)archaeology has seen a revitalisation and interest in issues surrounding gender, sex, and sexuality. Theoretical critiques from ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

What if you could precisely change the genome of a pre-implantation human embryo and then safely use that embryo to try to ...

Adam Marcus claimed Val Kilmer was the “worst human being” a year after the actor died from pneumonia. The director, who worked with the late “Batman Forever” star in the 2008 action thriller ...

Abolition Feminism and the Politics of Reproduction. S&F Online Issue 21.1, Fall 2025. Cover design by Mitch Wiesen and Katie Fish. Original image credit: Mothers for Adequate Welfare protest, Boston, ...

While most libraries prefer that readers use their quiet voices, we just visited a library in Copenhagen where talking is actually encouraged. Ronni Abergel founded The Human Library (or ...