A recent study reveals that people who are highly open to new experiences tend to have fewer children. Scientists attribute this to delayed parenthood, shorter romantic relationships, and a lower ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

West Virginia women are watching our lives be debated by people who do not understand us, do not listen to us, and — judging by a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting earlier this month — do not always ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered the molecular “switch” that powers sperm for their final, high-speed dash toward an egg. By tracking how sperm use glucose as fuel, the team ...

Above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest lies the death zone — a place where the human body begins to break down no matter how strong you are. Oxygen drops to critically low levels, organs struggle to ...

"If reproduction is ever to occur beyond Earth, it must do so with a clear commitment to safety, transparency and ethical integrity." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health beyond the bounds of planet Earth is no longer theoretical but now ...

Having already withdrawn from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. has adopted an increasingly isolationist and obstructive stance within international institutions. Will the United States become the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Human trafficking is “not relegated to Epstein’s island or infamous parties hosted by disgraced rap stars,” says Lauren Book. It “happens in every ZIP code in the United States — in homes, schools, ...