On the night of June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers stepped out of his Oldsmobile parked in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi home, carrying t-shirts that read, 'Jim Crow Must Go.' He had returned ...

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling ...

Learn about the Church's stance on IVF and reproductive technologies. Catholics are being reminded of the teachings on reproduction.

Over the past decade or so, interest in holistic health and in women taking charge of their own wellness has risen on a national level. This has coincided with the release of more studies on risks of ...

The U.S. has a 400-year history of “reproductive oppression” targeting black women, Arizona State University Professor Jenny ...

Victoria Coy, executive director of the Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, train new leaders to educate people about reproductive health. Here she is at her home in New Orleans Dec. 18, ...

A legislative proposal in Kentucky, titled "Protecting Vulnerable Kentuckians," is facing criticism for potentially infringing on personal privacy. The framework could allow the state to monitor ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialise to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly removed the fact that human ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed—even detachable. They're one of the most diverse structures in biology. The human penis is so uniform, it's an anatomical outlier.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...