China has sent artificially constructed human embryo models to the Tiangong space station, marking ...

China has carried out a highly controversial and groundbreaking biological experiment by sending human embryo-like structures into space aboard the Tianzhou-10 cargo mission.

The experiment should reveal how microgravity affects early human development – a critical question if we ever want to have babies beyond the confines of our planet.

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