Since the early 2000s, we’ve known that half of the cells in our bodies are “microbial” — belonging to bacteria, viruses and ...

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What if I told you that your mother's cells are forever in you and vice-versa? Science has now validated this phenomenon, offering comfort to many women who have experienced loss. This process is ...

To say motherhood is life-changing can feel like an inadequate summation. Matrescence offers a way to understand it in all ...

In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a monstrous creature whose constituent parts came from multiple animals, although the issue of which animals contributed which parts is disputed. In biology, a ...

Dylan Nolte/Unsplash "Completely life-changing". "Nothing could have fully prepared me". These are the sorts of phrases you ...

A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of an extremely rare form of ...

"Completely life-changing". "Nothing could have fully prepared me". These are the sorts of phrases you often hear from women ...