Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

The team behind the feat plan to study uterine disorders and the early stages of pregnancy—and potentially grow a human fetus ...

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

A new experiment showed that humans may be able to reproduce in space, paving the way for self-sustaining colonies.

Knowing up and down seems key for sperm to reach an egg.

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

Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can – in terms of technical achievements ...

A 20-year study has shown that, like photocopying photocopies, cloning doesn't produce perfect copies – with big implications ...

Project Hail Mary Astrophage explained in detail. Discover the star-eating microbe, its dangers, powers, and role in Ryan ...

Scientists have trained a computer made from living human neurons to play the classic video game Doom, marking a strange but important step forward in biological computing. A clump of roughly 200,000 ...

Artificial intelligence is already being used to write romance novels, academic papers and software applications. But how does A.I. stack up against some of the world’s best human writers? Skeptics ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...