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There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...
In her new book, Kathryn Paige Harden is full of hope that insights from genetics will become powerful tools...
It’s 2036, and you have kidney failure. Until recently, this condition meant months or years of gruelling dialysis, while you...
“What we need to fight climate change is woolly mammoths” — said no climate scientist, ever.
But that’s not deterring a hotshot...
A large, UK-based study of genetics and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been suspended, following criticism that it failed to...
On the eighth night of Hanukkah last year, Barry Honig saw light. He could see the shape of the menorah...
For 40 years, Catherine Simpson thought she knew who she was: a nurse, a mother of three, a daughter and...
In May 2021, Maryland enacted the first law in the United States—and in the world—that comprehensively regulates law enforcement’s use...
A century ago this week, 300 scientists, policy-makers, and campaigners gathered at the American Museum of Natural History in New...