A supermassive black hole in J1007+3540 has roared back to life after 100 million years, firing jets across nearly one million light years and revealing a turbulent battle inside a galaxy cluster.

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilised egg as a structural 'blank slate' – a disordered tangle of ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to study sperm whale clicks. These clicks, called codas, show structured ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

In our cells, our DNA carries chemical or 'epigenetic' marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in the group of specialised ...

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.

Fertility in your 20s and 30s isn’t always guaranteed. An expert explains hidden reproductive health risks, lifestyle factors, and early warning signs to watch for.

If the animal kingdom is anything to go by, love is, indeed, a many-splendored thing. We humans may have slightly ...

Sarah Adelman is a comedian and writer based in NYC who wrote and stars in “Busted!” which is now making The post ‘Busted!’: How Getting Fired From a Sperm Bank Led to a Short Film and Series Proof ...

This is exactly how a woman's uterus can 'taste' funky sperm, with experts providing an explanation as to the science behind the phenomenon. In the study titled 'Bitter Taste Receptors in the ...