The first test tube baby was born July 25 th, 1978 in the north of England. Louise Brown was called the “baby of the century” by some and a “moral abomination” by others. It wasn’t Brown who critics ...

For ages, the prospect of conceiving a human being in a laboratory seemed ripped from the pages of science fiction. Then, in 1978, everything changed. Test Tube Babies, from filmmakers Chana Gazit and ...

Test-tube meat has moved a step closer to supermarket shelves after a scientist produced a burger from muscle tissue grown in a laboratory. It promises to be kinder to the environment, reduce animal ...

Each Monday, this column has turned a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today. This is the last article in the series. Just ...

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is famous for his scientific approach to cooking. But the beefburger he could be serving up in eight months' time will surpass even his most outlandish efforts. The ...

Scientists recreate the very first step by which a normal cell transforms itself into a cancer cell. They have identified factors in the very first step of the process and reconstituted this first ...

Louise Brown, pictured with her son, was the world's first test tube baby Five million "test tube babies" have now been born around the world, according to research presented at a conference of ...

You may have heard the iconic origin story of the popsicle—Frank Epperson forgot a cup of soda and a stirring stick on his porch one night in 1905, then found the world’s first popsicle in the morning ...

Researchers have created strands of synthetic DNA that, when mixed together in a test tube in the right concentrations, form an analog circuit that can add, subtract and multiply as the molecules form ...

A "universe in a test tube" that could be used to assess theories of everything has been created by physicists. Time is running out - literally, say scientists" Are we missing a dimension of time? Are ...