The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

ABC News' Ginger Zee opens up about her own pregnancy experience. — -- ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee is expecting her second child in February. While Zee, 37, wakes up early to report ...

UK researchers have found that someone's love of the sauce may be linked to testosterone exposure in the womb -- which has a distinct effect on baby's hand development. Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

“This is the first causal evidence that a speech experience is contributing to brain development at this very young age,” ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...