We can freeze your eggs, but why now? You’re still young. Find a guy!” He did not supplement his moral prescription with clinical investigation. Rubab’s foray into reproductive autonomy explains one ...

Alfred Kinsey grew up in a world where sex education, such as it was, focused on abstention. Masturbation was held to be sinful, a sickness with the power to erode one's physical health and moral ...

Successful reproduction presents a fundamental evolutionary paradox: the immune system must tolerate genetically foreign sperm and embryos while maintaining ...

Artificial biosynthetic pathways are typically assembled and optimized progressively, from earlier to later steps. This commentary highlights the potential of an alternate regressive method for ...

New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not ...

A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the biological process that forms eggs and sperm in mammals.

Emma Waters, pregnant with her third child, is crafting policy to encourage early parenthood. Some think she is pushing an ...

A major transition in evolution is the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction in early organisms. But why would a yeast ...

Taxidermied, locked behind plexiglass and spinning slowly on a wooden dais in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK, the world’s most famous ewe remains a public spectacle three decades ...

Female mammals have long thought to be born with all the eggs they would ever have, but new research is challenging that consensus ...

Ella Cheng talks about how Hollywood can engage her generation, while Camilla Guerrieri takes a walk in her neighborhood and shares her thoughts along the way. By The Learning Network To participate, ...