South African wildlife photographer Renata Ewald was traveling in Kruger National Park when she saw this mother…

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In 1953 a woman known only as “Mrs. McK” entered a blood clinic in northern England. She was there to donate: it was…

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Congratulations, climate change deniers: You've won. In your quest to convince everyone that pollution and global…

"Your Baby Looks Like Your Ex—Shocking New Research Shows Previous Partners' Sperm May Lurk Inside You."

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Today we have two new stories about your uterus: one that reveals that the sound of a ticking clock can actually…

Here is your daily dose of futuristic medical news: The AP reports that after a decade of research, doctors in…

If more of the educational videos kids watched about a sperm's magical luge ride through the Fallopian tubes looked…

Yesterday, a proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy was rejected by voters of Albuquerque. We're not…

Sometimes, as a woman, I find myself adrift on a rudderless sea of indecision bereft of the opinions of others…

Freaking out about teen girls having teen sex is as American an institution as packing one's overtaxed colon full of…

The children's literature market has come a long way since (the ever wonderful and important) Pat the Bunny. These…

The most popular question of 2012 on Slate's "The Explainer" was "Why do rich ladies sunbathe topless?" After that…

By now, many people have seen Jonathan and Ivory's very cute, She & Him-esque breakup video, where the World's Most…

Um! If any girlfish are reading this, please beware when you come across male freshwater llanos mosquitofish,…