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

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.

A visionary evolutionary biologist, he drew comparisons to Charles Darwin with his theories on the genetic roots of seemingly detrimental behaviors like self-deception.

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

Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonising other worlds might be nothing more than a pipe dream ...

Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines typically recommend 2-7 days of abstinence before taking semen samples or ...

Claims that genes determine intelligence, health and social outcomes are reappearing. But modern science shows environment ...

Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund says Arc Raiders now contains fewer AI voice lines than it did at launch after the team re-recorded some lines with real actors. Söderlund offered an update on the ...

Microplastic pollution has emerged as a critical global environmental and public health challenge. These small plastic particles of diverse origins are ubiquitously distributed in aquatic, atmospheric ...

The goal is not to eliminate AI from the classroom; the goal is to ensure that human thinking remains central.

AI agents can now be used to predict and simulate human behavior—a capability that startup Simile is tapping to help large companies like CVS Health and Gallup replace people for polling and market ...