"Forever chemicals" or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products for the better part of a century, but do not break down in the natural ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a male contraceptive similar to the birth control pill that can be taken orally and is reversible, with minimal side effects. An oral male ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To understand a young man, it helps to understand what’s going on under the hood. If you’ve ever asked a teenage boy, right after ...

Neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and ADHD disproportionately affect males, with some estimating boys are four times as likely to be diagnosed as girls. Theories suggest this gender gap may be ...

Illustration by the Atlantic. Source: SSPL / Getty. “From the get-go, the researchers involved in developing male contraception have paid extra- close attention to: Can we develop products for which ...

Contraception has always been a divisive topic. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a number of U.S. states set abortion restrictions — making access to birth control even more ...

Elizabeth Plunk, PhD (left), alumna of the Toxicology graduate program and Neuroscience graduate student Alexis Feidler (right) work in the Majewska Lab at the University of Rochester Intellectual and ...