Biologists have long puzzled over how organs develop into their final shapes, and the nearly transparent bodies of young sea stars may offer a unique window into the organ development process.

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Moderate exposure to cold and heat during early pregnancy may affect fetal development as early as the first trimester, ...

Taxidermied, locked behind plexiglass and spinning slowly on a wooden dais in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK, the world’s most famous ewe remains a public spectacle three decades ...

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future ...

In the earliest stages of life, mammalian embryos start as a disorganized cluster of cells. As development progresses, these cells become organized into well-defined shapes and structures. This ...

Editorial: Polling shows that the public supports this new technology, but the conversation must move beyond simple questions of safety ...

'We want to be the best airport hotel in the UK, maybe even the world' ...

Australian scientists have achieved the first pregnancies using a trail-blazing 3D-printed IVF device smaller than the width ...

The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs ...

At 50-year intervals, the U.S. has marked the Declaration of Independence at important junctures in the country’s history ...

A rare Neanderthal fetus reveals that many traits distinguishing Neanderthals from modern humans likely developed only after birth.