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Adelaide University research reveals significant challenges for human reproduction in space, highlighting microgravity's ...

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The scientists also looked at the effects of exposure to microgravity had on embryo development in the animal models, and the ...

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Making babies in space may be more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to navigate in microgravity. Scientists found that while sperm can still swim normally, they lose ...