We don't know exactly why men are taller than women on average, but we have some genetic clues. On average, human males tend ...

Antidepressants have strong impact on male brains — with the nature of the impact depending on the age of the subject — but ...

In Australia, 77 per cent of those employed in publishing are women. Another major study, in the American publishing industry, found that 74 per cent of editorial roles are women, 78 per cent are ...

Researchers at the IPK Leibniz Institute have discovered a previously unknown protein that is central to plant reproduction.

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...

Scientists are expressing concerns about male reproductive health due to the Y chromosome's genetic material loss, potentially disappearing in 11 million years. A study revealed a sharp decline in ...

Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event Experts wonder if a glitch in the cloning process led to the production of a male insect. 'That’s half ...

And now you know why Nick Pitera is such a special singer. His amazing ability to switch between the male and female voices is perfect. It isn’t just a fluke with this one song, either. Nick has a ...

Proposed language would recognize two sexes in North Carolina’s rules and public policies, echoing President Donald Trump’s executive order.

A new study in Nature shows that when pregnant mice don’t have enough iron, their (usually male) fetuses with a Y sex ...

The chromosomes that demonstrate the sex of a human are XX and XY. Indeed, we get one of each from our parents. Women can only pass on the X chromosome, while it's male sperm that determines whether a ...

Letter Published: 10 June 1961 Non-disjunction of the Sex-chromosomes in the Male of Drosophila melanogaster P. J. KELSALL Nature 190, 1035–1036 (1961) Cite this article ...