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

A new scientific review challenges the widespread idea that certain physical features in women serve as biological signals of high fertility. The comprehensive analysis suggests that characteristics ...

In 2016, two Japanese reproductive biologists, Katsuhiko Hayashi and Mitinori Saitou, made an announcement in the journal Nature that read like a science-fiction novel. The researchers had taken skin ...

In “The Second Sex” (1949), Simone de Beauvoir examined the social situation of women, arguing that in Western culture men are treated as Subjects whereas women are relegated to Others. Cat Bohannon’s ...