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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 Miranda Bryant, The Guardian | 01.08.2023

The UK’s fertility regulator has called for an urgent update to the law around egg freezing as rapidly growing numbers...

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By Timothy Snyder, Thinking about... | 01.08.2023

When Vladimir Putin says that Russians and Ukrainians are one people, what he means is that Ukrainians will agree when...

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By Adam Beam and The Associated Press, Fortune | 01.04.2023

About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their...

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By George Yancy, Truthout | 01.03.2023

As I’ve continued to think more about the phenomenon of “disability,” I am compelled to rethink “ableism” beyond a hegemonic...

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By Ruxandra Guidi, Sierra | 12.27.2022

THE CIELO VISTA WALMART Supercenter in El Paso, Texas, is located east of downtown, near most of the city's Mexican...

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By Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR | 12.23.2022

When Kathleen Aukstikalnis was expecting her first baby, she turned to a common prenatal test that a lot of her...

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By Dan Robitzski, The Scientist | 12.22.2022

Scientists have developed a new line of stem cells—all derived from the same person—that can be used to study sex...

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By Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times | 12.22.2022

UC San Francisco has issued a public apology after conducting an investigation into experiments performed by two faculty members in...