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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 Julie Steenhuysen and Nancy Lapid, Reuters | 02.03.2025

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to withdraw all papers...

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By Patrick Foong, BioNews | 02.03.2025

Following a lengthy litigation, the co-founders of the Stem Cell Institute of America and related companies have been prohibited from...

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By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Science | 01.30.2025

In February 1975, leading molecular biologists gathered at the Asilomar conference center on the California coast to evaluate risks of...

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By Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic | 01.27.2025

After my 20th shot of hormones, I texted my boyfriend, only half kidding, “I’m dying.” We had decided to freeze...

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By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 01.26.2025
Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in...
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By Jackie Davalos, Rachel Adams-Heard, and Kendall Taggart, Bloomberg | 01.24.2025

For women in the US seeking fertility treatment or considering donating their eggs, there’s a fair amount of information they...

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By Sigal Samuel, Vox | 01.20.2025

Photo "Elon Musk Presenting Tesla's Fully Autonomous Future" by  on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

There’s a dominant...