http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. It is not generally considered polite to ask people how their children were conceived. We tend to view reproduction as a private matter, something that happens behind closed doors, and stays there. But recent furor over octuplets born to a California woman via in-vitro fertilization has brought the subject out of the bedroom. This single case is being debated in offices and around dinner tables, and has created real controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology. http://www.physorg.com/news162751892.html Other Sciences Thu, 28 May 2009 17:53:20 EST news162751892 Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing steadily: in just two years (from 2000 to 2002) ART activity increased by more than 25%. http://www.physorg.com/news162671626.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 19:34:11 EST news162671626 The birth of octuplets to a Southern California woman has raised several thorny ethical questions and trained a spotlight on the practice of reproductive medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news152987405.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:30:42 EST news152987405 (PhysOrg.com) -- Divorcing couples have always fought over property, income and custody of children. But technology has added an even more contentious item to the list: the frozen embryos the couple created during happier times. http://www.physorg.com/news147458849.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:47:29 EST news147458849