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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 Lauren Quinn, Hazlitt | 05.01.2024

“It hurt,” my friend told me. “They don’t tell you that it hurts.”

Her voice came heavy through my headphones as...

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By William Schulz, The Boston Globe | 05.01.2024

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Boxes of old family photos, letters, and other memorabilia have been sitting in my...

Group of protestors holding up signs protesting American immigration and border policies. Sign in middle says "Immigrants make America GREAT" in red and blue letters, and sign on the right says "NO HATE NO FEAR" on the first line and "Refugees are welcome here" on the second line.
By Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic | 05.01.2024

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As radical as the contemporary GOP has become in recent years, it remains...

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By Gaby Del Valle, Politico | 04.28.2024

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The threat, we are told here this weekend, is existential, biological, epoch-defining. Economies will...

person in lab coat looks into a microscope next to large image of egg and sperm
By Lenny Bernstein and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 04.28.2024

It was one of the worst accidents in the history of reproductive medicine.

A storage tank at a San Francisco...

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By Andrew Anthony, The Guardian | 04.28.2024

Two weeks ago it was quietly announced that the Future of Humanity Institute, the renowned multidisciplinary research centre in Oxford...

Image shows two pigs behind a wire fence in a grassy area. One pig is bent down facing away while the other pig is facing directly at the camera.
By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.24.2024

Lisa Pisano was lying in a hospital bed at NYU Langone Health, hooked up to beeping monitors and an array...

gene wheel of many colors on white background
By Cade Metz, The New York Times | 04.22.2024

Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters...

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