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Human sperm may get lost in space

Having a baby in space may require a bit more direction, with new Adelaide University research revealing the navigational abilities of sperm are negatively impacted by a lack of gravity. Researchers at the University's Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine and Freemasons Center for Male...

Human sperm may get lost in space
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Having a baby in space may require a bit more direction, with new Adelaide University research revealing the navigational abilities of sperm are negatively impacted by a lack of gravity. Researchers at the University's Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine and Freemasons Center for Male Health and Wellbeing investigated how extraterrestrial conditions might influence sperm navigation, fertilization and early embryo development.

Originally published at Phys.org

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