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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 Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 06.19.2022

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It’s a quirk of history that the foundations of modern biology – and as...

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By Alison Motluk , The Globe and Mail | 06.18.2022

As you drop your dad’s card into the mailbox, or dial him for a quick chat, or arrange a little...

CRISPR vial
By Michael Le Page, New Scientist | 06.16.2022

CRISPR gene-editing trials for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia are being extended to include children aged under 12...

Surgical tools
By Gretchen Vogel , Science | 06.16.2022

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A surgeon who just a decade ago was celebrated around the globe as a...

AI
By Robin Donovan, NEO.LIFE | 06.16.2022

There’s a joke in Silicon Valley about how AI was developed: Privileged coders were building machine learning algorithms to replace...

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By Tess Owen, Vice | 06.15.2022

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America’s white nationalists are once again embracing the great outdoors. 

At first glance, it may...

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By Helen Smith, King 5 | 06.14.2022

Seattle-based company US Stemology must pay $500,000 in restitution to patients after offering unproven stem cell treatments they claimed could...

Stem Cells
By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 06.14.2022

Editor’s note: The article below first appeared today on Capitol Weekly, the respected online California news and information service...