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In Scotland, a woman successfully gave birth to a baby girl after getting a womb transplant from her sister.

Baby Born to Woman With Transplanted Womb

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found microplastics in all 40 semen samples taken from healthy men, highlighting a need to study effects on reproduction.

Scientists Found Microplastics in Every Human Semen Sample They Examined

By Victor Tangermann

No ifs, ands, or nuts about it — microplastics are everywhere, including in every human testicle tested for a new study.

Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle

By Noor Al-Sibai

Good news for bad nuts: scientists have succeeded in growing itty bitty testicle organoids in a lab, which may help male infertility.

Scientists Grow Teeny Tiny Testicles in Laboratory

By Noor Al-Sibai

A company has developed a miniaturized in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo incubator, which they hope will be launched into space soon.

Prosthetics and Devices

Startup Planning to Launch IVF and Embryo Incubator Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

Sperm counts appear to be declining all over the planet— and some scientists think it could be yet another mortal threat to our survival as a species.

Scientists Say Massive Drop in Sperm Count Could “Threaten Mankind’s Survival”

By Noor Al-Sibai

China Plans to Send Monkeys to Space Station to Have Sex With Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created synthetic organisms known as "Xenobots" that can self-replicate — a striking leap forward in synthetic biology.

Scientists Create Synthetic Organisms That Can Reproduce

Researchers have discovered how an ancient species of all female beetle has survived without having sex.

Scientists Discover Creature That Never Has Sex

By Tony Ho Tran

American pop icon Britney Spears spoke out in an explosive testimony on Wednesday about the troubling situation surrounding her conservatorship.

Britney Spears Says She’s Being Forced to Take Psychiatric Medication, Stay on Birth Control

By Victor Tangermann

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."

Humans Are Rapidly Losing the Ability to Procreate, Scientist Warns

By Tony Ho Tran

Chemicals like phthalates seem to reduce the quantity and quality of men's sperm, and the problem is compounding over generations.

Men Are Losing the Ability to Reproduce, Researcher Warns

By Dan Robitzski

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."

Study: Growing “Infertility Crisis” May Be Tied to Poor Diets

Scientists used stem cells to grow a living mouse embryo in a lab without using any sperm or egg cells whatsoever for the first time.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Grew Living Mouse Embryos Using Only Stem Cells

By Dan Robitzski

A woman in Cleveland is now the second in the world and first in the U.S. to give birth using a uterus harvested from a deceased donor.

Health & Medicine

New Mom First in US to Give Birth Using Deceased Donor’s Uterus

By Kristin Houser

Once the cost of testing an embryo for genetic conditions drops, most parents will forgo traditional reproduction, according to author Henry T. Greely.

Health & Medicine

The Era of Sex for Reproduction Is Coming to an End, Says Author

By Kristin Houser