Toxic chemicals are raising infertility in humans, fish, birds, and insects: ‘A whisper that is powerful enough to redirect a hurricane’

Combined with rising temperatures, chemical pollutants are obliterating animals’ chances of successfully reproducing.

Zebrafish facility at UC to study the effect of pollution on human reproductive health

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is now home to a new zebrafish research facility. Researchers will use ...
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We need to research how humans can reproduce in space, scientists say

Researchers should urgently think about how humans can reproduce in space, experts have said. As humanity looks towards living beyond Earth, we need to understand how human reproduction will actually ...
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Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Humans Might Struggle to Make Babies in Space. Sperm Gets Disoriented in Microgravity, a New Study Suggests

Male reproductive cells, sperm, might struggle to reach and fertilize female reproductive cells, eggs, in microgravity, according to a new study. Sperm and Embryo Biology Laboratory, Adelaide ...