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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 Marc Zimmer, The Conversation | 06.06.2024

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During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today...

graphic of IVF process
By Natalie Krebs, NPR | 06.04.2024

For seven years, Jacqueline Brock endured grueling fertility treatments – and all of the emotion that came with them.

“I...

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By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times | 06.04.2024

Peter Diamandis, a week away from turning 63, bounds out of a Starbucks on a recent morning with a cup...

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By Miri (Margaret) Raven, Alana Gall, Bibi Barba, and Daniel Robinson, The Conversation | 06.02.2024

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Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World...

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By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 06.02.2024

With the recent Philippines court decision blocking the further planting of GM Golden Rice in the country, pro-GMO advocates have...

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By Vardit Ravitsky and Louise King, Scientific American | 06.01.2024

Artificial wombs are moving from the realm of science fiction to possible trials with severely premature human babies. We...

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By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 05.31.2024

Last year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists into a forest on Grande Terre, an island east of...

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By Shelly Fan, Singularity Hub | 05.31.2024

We all know the drill for reproduction—sperm meets egg.

For the past decade, scientists have been pushing the boundaries of...