Other cultures may celebrate the harvest and fertility with cornucopias, but the recently completed Japanese Honen festival gets a little more graphic, as partiers play with a 13 ft. penis statue and eat penis shaped food. (Slightly NSFW) picked by tigertony 7 months ago

A new study says the cyclic signs of fertility have economic consequences. Dancers made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Just as contraceptive drugs have enabled women to pursue higher education, fertility advances may help women achieve boardroom status; they won't need to take a mid-career break to begin a family for fear of a ticking biological clock. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

The practice of dedicating young girls as devadasis has been outlawed for over 50 years, but still it happens. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Having kids is one of those things most of us take for granted--until the day rolls around when we decide we want children and experience trouble conceiving. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A major advance in fertility treatment is signalled today as doctors unveil details of a technique that will allow human eggs to be grown in the laboratory from ovarian tissue samples. The tiny samples are millimeters wide but contain 1000's of immature eggs. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Portable shrines, pots of sake, NSFW symbolism.
The photo commentary focuses mostly on the nsfw content of the festival. picked by SkandarGraun 5 months ago

In case you were wondering.
Now some people wont feel so guilty about eating it. picked by dork 2 years ago

The most controversial aspect of the new law is offering state funded fertility treatment to lesbian couples. Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Great Britain already provides this service. Up to now, Norwegian lesbian couples have gone to Denmark for this procedure. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Steve Cooper's friends told him he looked like the goddess Bahucharaji - who according to legend castrated her husband because he preferred acting as a woman. Steve now lives among 80 eunuchs at an Indian temple and blesses people who come to visit... way to go Steve! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Here's one up-side to the recent US economic yuck: egg donations at fertility centers are way up.

Ladies, would you donate eggs? How about act as a surrogate? What if it paid off your debt? picked by Rowangrey 2 months ago

Does male fertility have an expiration date? picked by eyanna7 4 months ago

A couple is filing a lawsuit against a fertility clinic which used the wrong sperm during artificial insemination. "They have been forced to raise a child who is 'not even the same race, nationality, color ... as they are.'"
No "D'Oh!" category. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

HOT baths are harming male fertility. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"An aborted foetus could one day become the mother of a new baby by "donating" her eggs to an infertile woman, say researchers.

"The highly controversial idea has been suggested as one solution to a worldwide shortage of women prepared to donate their eggs to help other women become pregnant."

They never asked me. They can have ALL my eggs, if they want. picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

A seven-year-old girl could one day give birth to her biological half-brother or half-sister after her mother became the first woman to donate eggs to her infertile daughter. picked by readingitall 1 year ago

A 72-year-old man will become the genetic father of his own grandchild after agreeing to donate sperm to his daughter-in-law in London to allow her to conceive, according to the Evening Standard. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

A new protein involved in sperm fertility picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

The men were told to ejaculate daily for seven days and these samples were compared with ejaculation after three days of abstinence.
This research shows that when you put people on a daily ejaculation regime, it reduces that figure for DNA damage. picked by Turtle 12 months ago

Igbo-Ora, a sleepy farming community in southwest Nigeria, welcomes visitors with a sign proclaiming "The Land of Twins". "There is hardly a family here without a set of twins," said community leader Olayide Akinyemi. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago