Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...

Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage Researchers have created the lining of a womb in a dish, which ...

The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit. EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of ...

In 18th century Vienna, the Hungarian engineer and debutant Wolfgang von Kempelen shocked court patrons with a bizarre contraption: a great mechanical box which could seemingly play and even win chess ...

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...

A gunman who meticulously planned an ambush on a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility killed one detainee and injured two others before taking his own life in what federal ...

A STEADY drone of bagpipes echoed across the White Mountains as hundreds of pipers from New England and beyond gathered at the 50th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival in Lincoln last ...