A massive new analysis of over 200,000 people reveals that the relative lengths of your index and ring fingers are linked to your sexual orientation, pointing to the powerful role of prenatal hormones ...

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics names kale as one of the best foods for eye health, as well as other dark leafy greens ...

From endometriosis and cervical cancer, to diabetes, vitamin D deficiency and pollution exposure, scientists are finding period blood offers a window into women's wellbeing.

Frightening photos of MRI images of babies in utero have once again gone viral - capturing people's attention and reigniting the debate if undergoing an MRI while pregnant is worth the worry. In MRI ...

From a study that analyzed the therapeutic dilemma of treating acute leukemia (AL) during pregnancy and the delicate balance of improving maternal and fetal outcomes, investigators determined that ...

Picture this: You're signing a credit card receipt at the bank, using one of those pens attached to a short chain. As a left-handed person, you awkwardly ...

Dr Jitesh Neupane discusses his hematoids model and opportunities to study childhood blood disorders and future stem cell therapies.

How does a tiny cluster of cells become an embryo with a head, trunk, and tail? And how do thousands of genes coordinate this development? A new imaging method makes it possible to visualize the ...

In reptiles, a simple temperature change can determine whether an egg develops into a male or female. This process is formally known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), in which the sex ...

A team of scientists has identified an unexpected embryonic "starting point" for several brown-fat depots: a small cell niche around the dorsal aorta. Using a combination of time-controlled genetic ...

Early pregnancy depends on a remarkable act of coordination. Before the placenta can nourish a growing fetus, the embryo must securely "land" and connect with the mother's blood supply—a process ...

Miniature organs grown in the lab can organize themselves into complex shapes, which enables scientists to use them to study disease. The trouble is they never do it the same way twice, which has made ...