China is researching whether we can have babies in space

There are a number of things we take for granted here on Planet Earth that are challenging in outer space. The sense of taste is dulled. Going to the bathroom is an ordeal that involves vacuums. And sleeping is a challenge, due to the lack of gravity and sunrise every 90 minutes. One thing that scientists haven’t closely studied, to date, is whether humans can reproduce beyond the Earth. That’s about to change. China is conducting an experiment on its space station that it hope...