China sent synthetic human embryos to its space station this month, the first experiment of its kind. The goal is to determine whether one of the earliest stages of human development can withstand ...

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The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.

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Synthetic human embryo. Credit: lunar caustic / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 China launched the world’s first experiment involving human artificial embryos in space this month, marking a significant ...

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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.