The response to the coronavirus outbreak has rightly been about protecting human life. As a nation, we have taken extraordinary steps to protect public health and save lives. However, there is a huge ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services released a draft of its latest strategic plan, which will guide the agency from 2018 to 2022. Near the top of the document, the agency presents ...

Elizabeth Dias is the national religion correspondent for The New York Times, and often writes about faith and politics. For this story, she spoke with scientists, philosophers and spiritual leaders ...

ALTHOUGH simple parthenogenesis is not at all uncommon in invertebrates — for instance, in ants and bees — it does not, as far as is known, occur in human beings, who must produce eggs and sperm and ...