For decades, Hollywood has toyed with the idea of machines replacing the most human of experiences: childbirth. From “The Matrix,” where humans were grown in pods, to “Brave New World” adaptations ...

Around 30% of pregnant women in China receive anaesthesia during childbirth, compared with 82% in France. In China's Sichuan province, offiicals proposed extending materinty leave to 150 days to ...

A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary "pregnancy robot." Virality ensued. When you purchase through links on our ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...