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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 Sophie Black, The Guardian | 09.04.2022

Mortality has always been on Perry Jones’ mind, much more so than your average 20-something. She’s dealt with a number...

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By Jenny Logan, Mad in America | 09.02.2022

At least one private company has begun offering services to allow parents undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to screen embryos for...

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By Zarya Shaikh, Queer Diagnosis | 09.01.2022

In our first episode of Season 3, Connor McAlister (he/they) contemplates the impact of emerging technologies, including CRISPR, on disabled...

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By Joseph Berger, The New York Times | 09.01.2022

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Museum by Eelco Böhtlingk on Unsplash

A new documentary about the Holocaust opens...

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By Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 08.31.2022

Recently the Genetic Literacy Project has been heavily targeting critics of the herbicide Roundup, now owned by Bayer, with a...

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By Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post | 08.30.2022

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kyra LoPiccolo crouched in front of a small, white foam...

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By Corin Faife, The Verge | 08.29.2022

New Jersey police may have used blood samples taken from babies to investigate crimes, according to public defenders in the...

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By Marian Jones, The Guardian | 08.28.2022

For many women of color, the right to control one’s reproductive destiny has always been about much more than the...