Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mammals experience a 10% increase in lifespan when reproductive opportunities are suppressed. The study analyzed records from 120 ...

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TOKYO -- Sexual reproduction is essential for mammals to eliminate harmful genetic mutations that build up through cloning, a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Successful conservation interventions have helped mountain gorilla populations recover from 620 in 1989 to more than 1,000 today. However, mountain ...

Floating in near-weightless conditions can be disorienting for even the most experienced astronauts. Male reproductive cells—sperm—also seem to get confused in simulated microgravity, which has ...

There may be little difference between the way our brains perceive works of art in person versus through digital reproductions, a new study from Cuseum, a Boston-based start-up that helps museums ...

A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain ...

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What are humanity’s fundamental motives, our most important goals? New work points to an interesting consensus among young ...

The Zika virus attacks cells in mouse testes crucial for sperm and sex hormone generation and hampers reproduction, according to new research that raises the possibility that the virus could affect ...

An experimental study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania links a specific procedure - embryo culture - that is part of the assisted reproduction ...

When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species that are struggling population-wise, as each live offspring means a greater ...