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

March 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

As the generations dragged on past the 27th iteration, the birth rate began to silently collapse. By the 57th generation, a mere 0.6 percent of the cloned embryos survived. The 58th generation ...

The scientists also looked at the effects of exposure to microgravity had on embryo development in the animal models, and the ...

While humans often struggle to find a partner who is both physically attractive and a reliable co-parent, yeast may already have cracked the formula for the perfect match. When choosing mates, these ...

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

Countless scientists and at least a dozen high-concept sci-fi comedies over the past 30 years have speculated on the ...

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

Sperm are produced continuously from puberty onwards and can be stored in the reproductive tract before ejaculation. That ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding ...

Making babies in space may be more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to navigate in microgravity. Scientists found that while sperm can still swim normally, they lose ...