Scientists, bless their brains, have finally tracked the paths of sperm in 3D. It’s the first time they’ve been successful in 3D-mapping the trajectory of sperm and it’s revealed a few things about ...

New research shows sperm generate corkscrew-like fluid vortices that spin in sync with their tails, providing an unexpected boost. Reading time 2 minutes When we learn about “the birds and the bees,” ...

A 3D filming technique has revealed that human sperm really swim with a corkscrew motion like otters, rather than wiggling like eels due to their 'wonky tails'. Developed by scientists led from ...

A team of researchers from Monash University has uncovered how swimming sperm create corkscrew-shaped fluid vortices that help propel them forward, improving their chances of reaching the egg. The ...

This paper was retracted by Science Advances on May 19, 2021, after readers identified that the described asymmetrical movement of sperm cannot be confirmed using only 3D flagellar waveform data. The ...