A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

Pregnant people who get a COVID vaccine are dramatically less likely to experience severe symptoms of the disease or to give birth prematurely, according to a comprehensive new study published today ...

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy reduces adverse events and preterm birth risks, irrespective of the variant. Data from the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy program showed ...

A pregnant woman gave birth inside a self-driving taxi on the way to a San Francisco medical center on Monday night. In a statement from the autonomous taxi company Waymo, the remote rider support ...

A Bakersfield family received the shock of a lifetime in the form of a bundle of joy after a woman learned she was pregnant with her baby growing inside of her abdomen instead of her uterus. Suze ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

You know how we're all dreaming about living on other planets someday? Well, turns out, to make that happen, we need to get creative with some enclosed ecosystems called biospheres. Enter Biosphere ...

Ms. Carmon is a features writer at New York magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America.” Early one morning last spring, my daughter, ...

Many doctors and public health officials are taking issue with President Trump's claim that there's "no downside" to avoiding acetaminophen during pregnancy and his suggestion that expecting mothers ...

Pregnant people should not be afraid to take Tylenol, experts say, rebuking unproven claims made by the Trump administration that it can cause autism. At a news briefing Monday, President Donald Trump ...

Fevers during pregnancy can be dangerous, and acetaminophen is the go-to treatment for them. Doctors worry what will happen if women are afraid to take it. By Maggie Astor In attacking the use of ...