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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 Noah Lanard, Mother Jones | 07.17.2025

Jordan Lasker, an X user who goes by the username Crémieux, recently made news by providing the New York Times with...

Perennial Monocot Stem: Amphivasal Vascular Bundle in Acorus Rhizome cross section
By Rob Stein, NPR | 07.16.2025

Scientists can protect children from being born with certain devastating genetic disorders by creating "three-parent" babies, according to the results...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.16.2025

Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two...

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By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 07.16.2025

A group of well-heeled, 30-something women sat down to dinner last spring at a table set with pregnancy-friendly mocktails and...

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By Frank Landymore, Futurism | 07.15.2025

We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after...

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By Jared Whitlock, Endpoints News | 07.15.2025

Patient groups face a harder and unpredictable path going state-by-state to boost screening for rare but treatable conditions after the...

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By Lucy Tu, The Atlantic | 07.11.2025

Donald Trump—who is, by his own accounting, “the fertilization president” and “the father of IVF”—wants to help Americans reproduce. During...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.11.2025

The Walking Egg project is bringing IVF to rural communities in South Africa.

This week I’m sending congratulations to two...