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Electron micrograph of polycistic ovaries

Health

Cause of polycystic ovary syndrome discovered at last

Polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects one in five women, seems to be caused by a hormonal imbalance. An IVF drug may fix this, and will be trialled soon

News

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

News

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

Life

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

News

fetes

Life

Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sperm

Features

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

Life

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

News

A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

Life

A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

News

Malfunctioning fertility clinic tanks may put eggs at risk

Health

Malfunctioning fertility clinic tanks may put eggs at risk

News

A baby being kissed on either cheek by two women

Health

Allow lesbians to use 'three-parent' baby IVF to have children

Comment

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

News

Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

Life

Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

Pacific white skate lay their eggs onto the sizzling hot rocks of hydrothermal vents in the depths of the sea, possibly because the heat speeds up their development

News

Earth

The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

News

Life

Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

News

Life

Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

News

Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Insight

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