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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

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By Lauran Neergaard, AP News | 11.03.2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really...

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By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 10.31.2025

Late last year, dozens of researchers spanning thousands of miles banded together in a race to save one baby boy’s...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.31.2025

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely...

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By Emily Mullin, Wired | 10.30.2025

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies...

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By B.A. Parker & Gene Demby, NPR | 10.29.2025

What do conservatives like JD Vance and tech executives like Elon Musk have in common? They, like other pronatalists, want...

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By Jing-han Chen, Global Taiwan Institute | 10.29.2025

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By Bridget Rollason, ABC News | 10.25.2025

Five years ago, Liz Tripodi nervously touched down in Georgia, on Russia's doorstep, to meet her newborn twins.

At the...