Research findings are available online in the journal Communications Biology. The original story “ Getting pregnant in space ...

Sperm may lose their ability to navigate in microgravity, raising new questions about whether human reproduction is possible ...

Researchers led by Dr. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed that the female gamete in flowering plants controls ...

When sperm meets egg, the start of life is not quiet. Under a special microscope, researchers have watched a tiny light show at fertilization. They see a microscopic flash at fertilization, a burst of ...