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 ...

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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Starre Vartan is the author of “The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body,” which will be published on July 15. People who lived through the Irish ...