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 ...

What scientists do know from limited laboratory experiments and astronaut data is that space presents a demanding environment ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body.

U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor (R–Ohio-02) on Monday welcomed the introduction of a Senate companion bill to his Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, introduced by Sen. Ashley Moody (R–Florida). The ...

Vice President JD Vance and other elected officials on Friday touted their accomplishments to implement pro-like legislation over the past year at the 53rd annual March ...

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ...

Endometriosis is a prevalent yet underdiagnosed disease affecting a large population of women of reproductive age, with a ...

Scientists are making inroads in understanding one of the central mysteries of human reproduction: Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? The broad strokes have been well-known — the ticking of ...

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...