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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...

Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore  is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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 Kevin Davies, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.21.2025

This week a diverse group of researchers, bioethicists, publishers and theologians, are gathering in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to extend and expand...

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By Christine Fernando, Associated Press | 05.20.2025

Days after a bombing outside a Southern California fertility clinic, a White House official confirmed Tuesday that the Trump administration...

fertility clinic
By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News | 05.19.2025

A bombing this weekend at a fertility clinic in California is raising fears that the threat of violence that has...

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By Mariam E Sunny and Siddhi Mahatole, Reuters | 05.19.2025

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Monday it will buy genomics firm 23andMe Holding for $256 million through...

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr." by Gage Skidmore
By Paul Josephson, Common Dreams | 05.17.2025

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” by Gage Skidmore
via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by SA 3.0

Charles Fremont Dight has...

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By Nicolas Le Dévédec, The Conversation | 05.14.2025

The goal of transhumanists is to improve human beings so they will perform better. In doing so, they contribute above...

Alondra Nelson photo
By Jeffrey Mervis, Science | 05.13.2025

“Alondra Nelson” by Sage Ross on Wikimedia Commons
licensed under CC by SA 2.0

In an unprecedented move, a member...

gene editing
By Megan Molteni, Stat | 05.13.2025

Leading trade organizations representing the makers of cell and gene therapies are calling for a 10-year international moratorium on the...