Melbourne researchers have discovered gender-affirming hormone therapy can alter body proteins to match a person's gender ...

Hormones are vital for maintaining normal body functions, but scientists are finding they can also powerfully - and sometimes negatively - affect our mood and mental health.

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

A leading lab is working on a new way to address infertility, but the technique is far from ready to be used. In the quest to create better options for couples facing infertility, scientists have been ...

Most societies control fertility and population growth to some degree through basic institutional arrangements that support the functioning of the social system as a whole. This article tries 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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the September 27 edition of Good Weekend.See all 16 stories. The Macquarie Dictionary defines “phubbing” – a ...

For the first time, scientists have created fertilizable human eggs from skin cells—an advance that the researchers say could pave the way for new infertility treatments, though the technology remains ...

Having already withdrawn from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. has adopted an increasingly isolationist and obstructive stance within international institutions. Will the United States become the ...

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that 72% showed a female life expectancy advantage, averaging 12% longer lives ...

People around the world increasingly experience the devastating effects of environmental crises – from extreme weather, food insecurity, and health issues linked to water and air pollution, to the ...