With a rising focus on interplanetary colonisation as a safeguard against existential threats, scientists are investigating whether humans can reproduce in space. While significant strides have been ...

Every schoolchild learns that vitamin D is essential for proper bone development. Deficiency leads to rickets, a classical childhood affliction with soft, deformed bones resulting in bowed legs. The ...

A team of researchers has found microplastics in all 40 semen samples they examined from healthy men, highlighting the urgent need to study how these tiny particles could affect human reproduction. In ...

(Paris, France, Monday, 30 June 2025) A new international study presented today at the 41 st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals that IVF cycles ...

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 ...