For well over a century, doctors dismissed a horseshoe-shaped structure next to the ovary as useless evolutionary junk, but brand-new research shows it’s actually an active control hub. Have you ever ...

The “weaker sex” myth has never been less true than it is today, when scientific evidence about the strength, intelligence, ...

It’s hardly radical to say that women’s bodies are inherently smaller and weaker than men’s bodies—but research compiled in Starre Vartan’s illuminating new book The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells ...

An unsung appendage in the female body, which has long been considered useless, may actually be essential for ovary development and fertility, a new mouse study finds. This structure, called the rete ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. A study from the University of Essex has ...