Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

For sexual reproduction to yield healthy offspring, newly generated oocytes—immature egg cells—must receive the correct amount of DNA after cell division. This process of segregating chromosomes ...

The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a ...

Now in its 18th year, the Best New Product Awards are America's leading consumer-voted awards for product excellence. Conducted by BrandSpark International in partnership with Newsweek, the awards ...

The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over ...

In sum, the nonapeptide Oxytocin presents as a structurally well-defined peptide with a receptor system that is widely ...

How many kids is too many, or too few, for your health? Science may finally have an answer, and it's not what you'd expect.

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

A peer-reviewed, multi-clinic study published in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics suggests an epigenetic ...

A 2026 informational consumer report examining Miracle Made Sheets' silver-infused antimicrobial claims, what 'self-cleaning' means in the brand's care guidance, cooling and thermoregulation ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...