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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...

Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore  is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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 Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 01.23.2024

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Aissam Dam, an 11-year-old boy, grew up in a world of profound silence. He...

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By Dhruv Mehrorta, Wired | 01.22.2024

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one...

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By Emily Mullin, Wired | 01.18.2024

Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that they successfully attached a genetically altered pig liver to a brain-dead...

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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 01.18.2024

Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting access to infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, amid growing concern...

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By Paul Moses, CNN | 01.16.2024

"Donald Trump Signs The Pledge" by Michael Vadon 
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Last month...

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By Ned Pagliarulo, BioPharma Dive | 01.16.2024

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CRISPR-based medicine Casgevy for the inherited blood condition beta thalassemia, expanding...

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By Grace Halden, BioNews | 01.15.2024

Sperm donation is used to help infertile couples, same-sex couples, and solo women to conceive children where otherwise it would...