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

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

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

As space tourism gets cheaper and missions keep getting longer, scientists are now raising a question that used to be limited ...

As space missions grow longer and bolder, scientists warn that human reproduction beyond Earth is no longer hypothetical, ...

Radiation and microgravity are two of the greatest hazards to astronauts’ reproductive health. “Space radiation can damage ...

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

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 ...

For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high-stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

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 ...