"If reproduction is ever to occur beyond Earth, it must do so with a clear commitment to safety, transparency and ethical ...

Seedless watermelons are basically the best thing ever. But they’re also a delicious paradox. Seeds are a key part of plant ...

The deep sea anglerfish lives in a place where sunlight never reaches and pressure crushes almost everything. In that ...

Sterilized females’ risk of mammary cancer is dramatically lower, and they have no chance of developing ovarian or uterine diseases, including cancer and pyometra. Male animals benefit, too. Neutering ...

On Lake Michigan, fisheries managers attempt to keep a delicate balance of predator and prey fish to keep one of Michigan's ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build ...

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

Super Bowl ad puts male reproduction gland in the spotlight. But is that specific prostate test the best method based on experts' recommendation?