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Dawn of The Unisex Contraceptive Pill? Scientists Discover What Powers Sperm Towards an Egg, Paving The Way to Cut Off its Energy Supply

A contraceptive pill that could be taken by men as well as women could be on the horizon.A breakthrough in the understanding of the biology of sperm could lead to a unisex version of the Pill, US government-funded scientists said last night.

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Mammalian Fertilization, Caught on Tape

The development of every animal in the history of the world began with a simple step: the fusion of a spermatozoon (the male gamete) with an oocyte, or egg (the female gamete). Despite the ubiquity of this process, the actual mechanisms through which fertilization occurs remain poorly understood. A new tool developed by a team of French biophysicists may soon shed light on this still-mysterious process, and has already captured highly detailed images of what happens when sperm and egg first touch.

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Pentagon to Offer Plan to Store Eggs and Sperm

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter believes he has come up with a way to help the Pentagon retain troops: freezing sperm and eggs. As part of an initiative to make military service more appealing and family friendly, Mr. Carter has created a pilot program that will pay for troops to have their reproductive cells preserved.