Sigmund Freud famously maintained that boys grow up with “castration anxiety,” or the fear of losing their penises, while girls suffer from “penis envy,” or a longing to have penises of their own. But ...

Back in January, the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America held a dinner in Washington to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. But the event was far ...

The picturesque vision of a mother wearing an apron, watching the kids, as her husband is away at work is undeniably diminishing. Women are taking to the workforce and excelling in their desired ...

In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World,” people aren’t born from a mother’s womb. Instead, embryos are grown in artificial wombs until they are brought into the world, a process called ...

The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades. Now, research groups around the world are exploring the possibility of artificial gestation. For instance, one ...

Ectogenesis is the technology that allows babies to be grown artificially outside the womb. At the moment, it isn't possible, but fertility specialists believe it could be in a decade's time. What, ...

Within 30 years, a futurist believes babies will regularly be born in artificial wombs, outside of human bodies. The technology, known as ectogenesis, has been in development since 2001 and previous ...