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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...

By Nicola Jones, Nature | 06.18.2021

From cat memes and music tracks to all manner of digital art, the bizarre, often quirky market for non-fungible tokens...

By Amelia Hill, The Guardian | 06.17.2021

Immortality and everlasting youth are the stuff of myths, according to new research which may finally end the eternal debate...

ICSSR guidelines
By Françoise Baylis, Nature | 06.15.2021

I note troubling inconsistencies in the revised guidelines for stem-cell research and clinical translation, issued in May by the International...

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By Quirin Schiermeier, Nature | 06.15.2021

In May 1999, a disturbing crime shocked the inhabitants of Kollum, a small village in the Netherlands. A local 16-year-old...

Bioethics issue cover
By Erik Malmqvist, Bioethics | 06.14.2021

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The birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies in 2018 provoked considerable ethical outrage. Nonetheless, many scientists and...

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By Dalton Conley, The Washington Post | 06.14.2021

After the coronavirus baby bust is over and fertility clinics are booming again, increasing numbers of new parents will bring...

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By Sharon Pruitt-Young, NPR | 06.12.2021

It was only three days into 1956 when three boys from Montana, out for a hike on a normal January...

By Edward Helmore, The Guardian | 06.12.2021

Five patients of a California fertility center have been awarded a total of $15m after a freezing tank failed, rendering...