Fertility

Is It Time to Cancel Menopause?

Ovarian research aims to extend fertility and lengthen lives by delaying menopause—but the ultimate moonshot would be ending it altogether.

By Grace Rubenstein

The Future of Birth Control

Male contraceptive gels, “night-before” pills that disrupt ovulation, and the brave future of human contraception.

By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

Perspective: Why Can’t Women with Endometriosis Get Diagnosed?

10% of women suffer from this painful condition, which often goes undiagnosed for years. This has to change.

By Aria Vyas

Daisy Robinton is Fired Up About Female Longevity

This biotech CEO wants to slow women’s aging by extending ovulation.

By Grace Rubenstein

4 Black Female Ob-Gyns Take on Racial Disparities in Reproductive Health

Their research could mean longer healthspans for Black women.

By Robin Donovan

Portrait of a Professional Baby Maker

With 27 biological children and three surrogate pregnancies under her belt, it’s all business as usual for Tyra Reeder.

By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

A Womb with a View

Bio bags, robotic preemies, artificial wombs, and the coming revolution in postnatal care to save babies born too soon.

By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

Where Have All Your Sperm Gone?

Despite the growing, unsolved mystery of why sperm counts around the world are declining, society still treats fertility as a female issue.

By Leslie Schrock

Houston, We Have a Baby

What’s the protocol for creating a healthy new human when you subtract Earth from the equation?

By Hannah Thomasy

These Genes May Help You Read Your Biological Clock

Newly discovered variants let women predict their fertility — and overall health.

By Julia Faith Sklar