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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...

pregnant woman
By Danielle Braff, New York Times | 04.02.2022

Charlie Lee and his husband want to have a baby.

But they are facing a major hurdle: They have 12...

a bunch of colorful chromosomes
By Karen Weintraub, USA Today | 03.31.2022

Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, more than two decades after the first draft was completed, researchers announced Thursday. About...

Blue operating table surrounded by other surgical equipment
By Wilson Ring, Huffington Post | 03.30.2022

A federal court jury in Vermont on Wednesday awarded a Florida couple $5.25 million from a doctor who used...

2 mitochondria in grayscale
By Anna Salleh, ABC News | 03.30.2022

Photo of mitochondria from Wikicommons

Mitochondrial donation will become legal in Australia, with a controversial bill passing the Senate after...

covid vaccine
By Zeynep Pamuk, LSE European Politics and Policy Blog | 03.30.2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of scientific advice to modern policymaking. But how can the use of expertise...

By Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian | 03.30.2022

A standoff over biopiracy is threatening to derail a global agreement to halt the loss of nature, with developing countries...

The former Ryland Hall and surrounding area in the University of Richmond
By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post | 03.28.2022

Photo of the Humanities Building from Wikicommons

The University of Richmond announced Monday that it has removed from six buildings...

Labor organizers protesting Starbucks
By Leticia Miranda and Louise Matsakis, NBC News | 03.28.2022

Photo of Starbucks workers from Wikicommons

Leah Russell felt a surge of hope when she spotted Starbucks on a list...