One retracted analysis suggested women who pursue traditional motherhood were at danger of becoming violent extremists.

The research suggests that men’s immune systems have a better mechanism for shutting off pain, which could explain why women ...

A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female ...

Far from the common assumption of a strictly binary division of labor, the roles of women and men in Neolithic Europe were ...

“Trimester zero refers to the three months before conception when egg and sperm quality are being shaped and the body is preparing for pregnancy,” Lora Shahine, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist, ...

Menstrual cramps are common and often occur before and during the menstrual cycle. Ectopic pregnancies are medical emergencies that can cause severe pain and complications. Endometriosis causes tissue ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test. But it wasn’t for Moffett. Her postdoc, ...

I agree with Adam Taor that some of the terminology used for female anatomy, especially reproductive parts, is extremely paternalistic, if not outright misogynistic, and could do with revision(14 June ...

It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could unlock how the flower got that way. By Veronique Greenwood The vast majority of ...