Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Humanity has been reaching for the stars for decades. Moon landings, Mars rovers, and long stays on the ISS. But there’s one ...

In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

Recent documents from the US Department of Justice have reignited interest in Jeffrey Epstein's controversial legacy. The files reference his obsession with genetics and reproduction, raising ...

In a 2019 investigation, The New York Times reported that Epstein told scientists and businessmen he wanted to use his New Mexico property, known as Zorro Ranch, as a base where women would be ...

We urgently need to research how humans can reproduce in space, scientists say - Process of having children beyond Earth is ...

What scientists do know from limited laboratory experiments and astronaut data is that space presents a demanding environment ...

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 ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

Scientists have recently discovered a newly-recognized threat within the deep sea: marine darkwave. Learn all about this ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...