New study finds microgravity disrupts sperm and embryo development, raising concerns about human reproduction in space.

While space agencies are making significant preparations for long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, a fundamental human ...

When sperm meets egg, the start of life is not quiet. Under a special microscope, researchers have watched a tiny light show at fertilization. They see a microscopic flash at fertilization, a burst of ...

WASHINGTON: As humankind moves towards the goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extraterrestrial environments may no ...

“All hell will break loose, politically and morally, all over the world.” So said James Watson, the Nobel prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, on the possibility of human in vitro ...