New studies are shedding light on one of the biggest mysteries of human reproduction and what can be done to combat it.

About 3 to 5% of mammals are known to be monogamous, meaning they select one mate for life. Still, many monogamous species ...

As part of the Shenzhou-21 mission, the four mice were sent to Tiangong Space Station on October 31. Soon after returning on ...

Scientists have discovered that oestrogen activates pathways in the colon that trigger pain and make the female gut more sensitive to certain foods ...

In 1954, researchers described a new drug that sent children with acute leukemia into remission. It would become one of the first chemotherapy drugs and would later form the basis for a new, "rational ...

If the thought of turbulence makes you sweat and you end up gripping the armrest the whole flight, you're not alone. According to a study about the fear of flying, up to 40% of the population is ...

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In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month's end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species. One of the ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test. But it wasn’t for Moffett. Her postdoc, ...