In her new book "The Stronger Sex," science journalist Starre Vartan dispels myths and misconceptions about the female body.

When an egg is fertilized, the rapid release of zinc creates a spark. Jillian Bell · CBC News · Posted: Apr 27, 2016 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 27, 2016.

The fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube for about 3 to 4 days. But within 24 hours of being fertilized, it starts dividing fast into many cells. It keeps dividing as it moves slowly through ...

In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is when an egg is removed from a woman’s body and combined with sperm inside a laboratory before being implanted, said Dr. Eve Feinberg, associate professor of ...

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a type of fertility treatment. IVF takes eggs removed from the ovaries, fertilizes them with sperm to create an embryo, and implants that embryo into the mother's ...

Fertilization fireworks. O'Halloran and his team learned in 2014 that when a human egg enters the final stages of development in preparation for fertilization, it starts "bulking up" on zinc ...

Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by ...

If a fertilized egg burrows somewhere other than the uterine lining, it’s called an ectopic pregnancy. About 90% of ectopic pregnancies occur when the embryo implants in one of the fallopian tubes.