The academic duo calculated the average volume of “space spunk,” approximately one teaspoon, as well as its density, one gram, and the average speed of ejaculation, which they found to be 45 ...

All five subjects were male astronauts, with an average age of 43.5 at launch. They were trained to wear a nightcap to measure sleep stages based on eye and body movements. Sleep data was ...

During their stints on the International Space Station (ISS) - lasting for months at a time - astronauts spend their spare time doing many of the same things people do on Earth. This raises the ...

There’s never been an all-female crew of astronauts in flight—but decades of all-male crews. When will there be enough women in the spacecraft? When everyone who’s qualified has an equal ...

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains widespread.

The late space pioneer Sally Ride is the subject of a documentary, "Sally," that premiered to acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival.

Ride had no patience for such silly questions. Sitting alongside male astronauts at a press conference, she is asked if she plans to be the first mother in space. She just shakes her head and laughs.

It also depicts the male-dominated culture – and one far less open to the LGBTQ community – in place at the time she was preparing to become an astronaut. Support timely, comprehensive news.

Save the Chimps is an organization unlike any other. The world’s largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary, it’s home to ...

Since then, astronauts have diversified in many ways ... only five more female cosmonauts flew in total, whereas dozens of male cosmonauts went up each decade. The number of space visitors ...