Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

BERKELEY, CA -- One-day-old Amaro is a healthy baby girl, but her journey into the world was anything but. She took her parents on a wild ride. She was born in a car, in a parking lot outside Alta ...

The long-awaited results of the 2017 trial suggest that the approach can reduce the risk of mitochondrial disease—but not everyone is convinced. Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a ...

The future of fertility is here. As part of an IVF technique legalized a decade ago in the U.K., doctors told the BBC, eight babies have been born using the genetic material from three separate people ...

Picture this scenario. A mother goes into labor on an airplane. The baby hasn't even hit the ground yet before he or she is born - 35,000 feet in the air to be exact. Crazy right? Well, believe it or ...