Starting September 1, 2025, the European Union (EU) has implemented a ban on an ingredient commonly found in gel nail polish. Get ready, because it’s a bit of a mouthful: trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide. If you’re having trouble wrapping your brain around the word, you can also just call it TPO. This move, driven by health...
For anyone who wants to have children, there are many considerations to be made in terms of fertility for both partners involved. While we tend to focus on nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits, there is one factor that you may not have considered: Your clothing. Concern has been growing about how synthetic fabrics in underwear,...
Based in Guangzhou, China, Kaiwa Technology has unveiled ambitious plans to create the world’s first “gestation robot”. The company presented this concept at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing. Zhang Qifeng, the company’s founder and researcher affiliated with Nanyang Technological University, described the robot as being more than just a simple incubator. The humanoid...
Breakfast cereals have been a morning staple in millions of households across North America and beyond since about the 1940s. Some clever marketing, along with the ease and convenience of just pouring yourself a bowl of cereal, has made cereal the go-to weekday breakfast in many people’s homes. With their colorful packaging and claims of...
The majority of contraceptive options pertain to women placing the burden and responsibility for pregnancy prevention largely on them. The FDA has approved over 20 different categories of contraceptives for women. Women have access to a variety of reversible options: oral pills, hormonal patches, intrauterine devices, implants, injections, and more. However, some of these contraceptive...
While it was long-believed that our chromosomes determined an embryo’s gender from the minute sperm impregnated the egg. However, new research may contest these previous findings. Researchers from Osaka University conducted a study that reveals how low iron during pregnancy could potentially influence fetal gender determination. The team discovered that low iron during a pregnancy...
Italy has ignited international debate by moving to criminalize surrogacy beyond its borders. In July 2025, the country’s lower house of Parliament approved a bill that would allow authorities to prosecute Italian citizens who engage in surrogacy abroad, even in countries where the practice remains legal and regulated. If enacted, the new law would carry...
When the COVID-19 pandemic began and we were all closed up in our homes and apartments, it was all we could do but dream of being able to go out and be with people again. When the vaccine, which had already been under development for many years, got fast-tracked, the majority of people jumped at...
Whooping cough is back, and it’s hitting Australia harder than anyone expected. Case numbers are breaking records that stood for decades. Behind those numbers, a family lost their baby to the illness last year. The same concerning trends are appearing in communities around the world. This isn’t another outbreak statistic. The disease has returned in...
Let’s be honest. When we hear the words “birth control,” we usually think of pills, patches, or IUDs, and most of them are for women. But times are changing, and so is the conversation. Birth control isn’t just a woman’s issue anymore. More men are looking for ways to actively participate in family planning and...
In an extraordinary moment that blends the miracles of science and love, a Tennessee woman made history by giving birth to a baby girl conceived from a frozen embryo that had been stored for 27 years. Tina Gibson, only 29 at the time, delivered a healthy daughter who had technically been waiting to be born...
Our hands are structured in such a way that we can do a lot of things that other mammals can’t. We can hold a pen and pencil and write, open jars and bottles, and do plenty of other tasks thanks to the presence of four fingers and a thumb. All the tools that we use...
