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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 Neha Kondaveeti, The Austin Chronicle | 08.16.2024

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“They’re poisoning the...

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By Alison Motluk, Broadview | 08.15.2024

Canada has been slow to end anonymous paternity, but cheap and easy genetic testing makes staying unknown all but impossible. ...

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By Sydney Lupkin and Asma Khalid, NPR | 08.15.2024

The White House unveiled the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices...

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By Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times | 08.14.2024

Republicans may be backing away from abortion, but these activists have a strategy, with or without Trump.

The pivot seems...

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By Aseel Mousa and Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian | 08.13.2024

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Airstrikes have killed children born from IVF, while shelling of fertility clinic’s lab...

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By Fyodor Urnov, Time | 08.12.2024

After a lifetime in the field of epigenetics, and nearly 20 years after my colleagues and I coined the term...

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By Joy Zhang, BioNews | 08.12.2024

What do China’s new ethical guidlines tell us about the country's changing attitude to human genome editing? Professor Joy Zhang...

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By Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff, The New York Times | 08.12.2024

An emerging movement against in vitro fertilization is driving some doctors and patients in red states to move or destroy...