A new study warns that reproductive health in space is becoming an “urgently practical” issue as missions extend beyond Earth. Researchers cite major gaps in evidence, ethics and governance.

With billionaires racing to open up space tourism and plans for Mars colonies taking shape, scientists are warning that we ...

A new international study warns that reproductive health in space is no longer a theoretical concern and that questions about ...

As space travel expands, scientists warn that reproductive health risks and ethical gaps can no longer be ignored.

We urgently need to research how humans can reproduce in space, scientists say - Process of having children beyond Earth is no longer science fiction and has shifted ‘from abstract possibility to ...

Describing space as a fundamentally " hostile environment " for all human life, the study highlights the very limited data on ...

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

As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...

Life in plastic might be fantastic after all — or at least not as dangerous as we’ve been led to believe. Microplastics are small plastic pieces — less than 5 millimeters long — that typically break ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...