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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 Justin McCurry, The Guardian | 07.03.2024

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Japan’s supreme...

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By Gilma Avalos, NBC | 07.03.2024

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The dream of becoming parents is turning into a nightmare for hundreds of people...

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By Peter Aldhous, Scientific American | 07.02.2024

In June a notice posted on the website of the journal Nature set a new scientific record. It withdrew what...

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By Michael Hiltzik, LA Times | 07.02.2024

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Second only to the Supreme Court’s ruling Monday on when presidents are immune from...

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By Sonia Suter and Naomi Cahn, PET | 07.01.2024

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Since the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade (see BioNews ...

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By Katie LaGrone, WPTV | 06.28.2024

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TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa jury recently found the now-defunct Lung Institute in...

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By Gemma Conroy, Nature | 06.27.2024

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A molecular-editing tool that’s small enough to be delivered to the brain shuts down...

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By Kevin Davies, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 06.27.2024

Physician-scientist Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, has been a mainstay in the genome editing field for more than two decades. He...