China sent synthetic human embryos to its space station this month, the first experiment of its kind. The goal is to determine whether one of the earliest stages of human development can withstand ...

Microgravity and higher radiation levels in orbit could disrupt cell alignment, gene expression, or organ formation.

China in a first-of-its-kind experiment has sent “artificial human embryos” to space, aiming to learn more about how ...

China launched embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to its Tiangong space station aboard the Tianzhou-10 cargo ...

Over the past decade, I have made some bold predictions about the future of sex. One that’s been easy is that people will still be having sex for years to come, but for different reasons: they simply ...

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 ...