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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 Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science | 08.26.2024

Since CRISPR was first conceived as a gene-editing tool in 2012, scientists have seen its awesome potential.

It promises to...

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By Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Live Science | 08.26.2024

The gene-editing tool CRISPR enabled a groundbreaking new treatment for sickle-cell disease, and in the future, scientists anticipate that...

Osagie K. Obasogie
By Gwyneth Shaw, Berkeley Law | 08.23.2024

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics and...

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By Emily R. Klancher Merchant, Los Angeles Review of Books | 08.22.2024

IN THE Operation Varsity Blues scandal of 2019, 50 wealthy parents were charged with trying to get their children into...

Gene Editing
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.22.2024

In 2016, I attended a large meeting of journalists in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker was Jennifer Doudna, who just...

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By Ali Breland, The Atlantic | 08.20.2024

“Joining us now is Steve Sailer, who I find to be incredibly interesting, and one of the most talented noticers...

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By Julia Brown, The Conversation | 08.16.2024

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal...

JD Vance
By Jacob M. Apel, The Baltimore Sun | 08.16.2024

"J.D. Vance" by Gage Skidmore licensed under CC by S.A. 2.0

Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, the Republican...