As a quartet of astronauts make their way to the far side of the Moon, far-fetched notions of human colonies on the satellite or even Mars - a three-year return trip - are again getting an airing.

A new study suggests humans face barriers to reproducing in space, with microgravity disrupting sperm movement.

Floating in near-weightless conditions can be disorienting for even the most experienced astronauts. Male reproductive ...

Researchers put human sperm into a microgravity simulation chamber designed to mimic the female reproductive tract and tested ...

Humans living in space for months, years, or even generations will need to navigate sex in a zero-gravity world.

Having a baby in space may require a bit more direction, with new Adelaide University research revealing the navigational ...

Space has always been a centre of attention among the scientific community. Even the tech moguls are racing to build ...

Our cells are constantly being pushed, stretched, and compressed without our awareness: a play of invisible forces that ...

Sperm may lose their ability to navigate in microgravity, raising new questions about whether human reproduction is possible ...

Human sperm loses its sense of direction in space, making the prospect of conceiving babies on the Moon or Mars an incredibly ...

Researchers should urgently think about how humans can reproduce in space, experts have said. As humanity looks towards living beyond Earth, we need to understand how human reproduction will actually ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...