{"id":215183,"date":"2025-06-01T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/what-if-we-could-grow-babies-in-artificial-wombs"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:04:15","slug":"what-if-we-could-grow-babies-in-artificial-wombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/what-if-we-could-grow-babies-in-artificial-wombs","title":{"rendered":"What If We Could Grow Babies in Artificial Wombs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwPvSNA_nIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The miracle of life. A 40-week process where you developed from a single cell to fully formed human baby. All within in your mother\u2019s womb. Now, imagine you were born in an artifical womb. How would we benefit from artificial wombs? What would be the downsides?<\/p>\n<p>Transcript and sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/whatif.show\/what-if-we-could-\">https:\/\/whatif.show\/what-if-we-could\u2013<\/a>\u2026 our Patreon community and help make What If better: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-patreon\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-patreon<\/a> Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If Earth Was in Fact Flat? The Cosmos: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Video Technology: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If the Sahara Desert Was Covered With\u2026 Your Body: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If You Were Born on a Space Station? Humanity: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If You Were the Last Person on Earth? 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What If in Spanish: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YT-Spanish-what-if\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/YT-Spanish-what-if<\/a> What If in Mandarin: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YT-Chinese-what-if\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/YT-Chinese-what-if<\/a> Suggest an episode (detailed): <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif<\/a> T-shirts and merch: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatifstore\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatifstore<\/a> Feedback and inquiries: <a href=\"https:\/\/underknown.com\/contact\/\">https:\/\/underknown.com\/contact\/<\/a> What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure \u2014 grounded in scientific theory \u2014 through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.<\/p>\n<p>Join our Patreon community and help make What If better: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-patreon\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more what-if scenarios:<br \/> Planet Earth: \u2022 What If Earth Was in Fact Flat?<br \/> The Cosmos: \u2022 Video.<br \/> Technology: \u2022 What If the Sahara Desert Was Covered With\u2026<br \/> Your Body: \u2022 What If You Were Born on a Space Station?<br \/> Humanity: \u2022 What If You Were the Last Person on Earth?<\/p>\n<p>Tweet us your what-if question to suggest an episode: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-twitter\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatif-twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What If elsewhere:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/what-if-we-could-grow-babies-in-artificial-wombs\">Continue reading \u201cWhat If We Could Grow Babies in Artificial Wombs?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The miracle of life. A 40-week process where you developed from a single cell to fully formed human baby. All within in your mother\u2019s womb. Now, imagine you were born in an artifical womb. How would we benefit from artificial wombs? What would be the downsides? 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