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In this photo provided by NASA, the Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch are photographed on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they were extracted from their Orion ...

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These swimmers are sure to sink. Human sperm can get lost in space, new research shows. Scientists put sperm to the test to determine whether a child could be conceived in space, using a tiny plastic ...

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 ...

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