Researchers put human sperm into a microgravity simulation chamber designed to mimic the female reproductive tract and tested ...

Sperm may lose their ability to navigate in microgravity, raising new questions about whether human reproduction is possible ...

You'd think we'd know everything there is to know about sexual reproduction. But as it turns out, there are still quite a few ...

March 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonising other worlds might be nothing more than a pipe dream ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

New research presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals the presence of microplastics in human reproductive fluids, raising ...

Wild animals that have acquired adaptions to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme conditions may provide answers to some of the most pressing problems in the field of ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), a long-standing partner of the World Health Organization (WHO) and HRP (the ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...