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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 Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 12.06.2023

Leading scientists are calling for a change in the law to help IVF patients donate unused embryos to biomedical research...

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By Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill, The Financial Times | 12.05.2023

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Madhumita Murgia: We’re going to start off today’s episode with somebody named Anders Sandberg.

Anders Sandberg: I’m senior research...

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By Rebecca Carballo , The New York Times | 12.04.2023

Hackers, using old passwords from customers of the genetic testing company 23andMe, were able to gain access to personal information...

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By Pete Shanks, The Progressive Magazine | 12.04.2023

Five years ago, on November 25, 2018, the world learned that a rogue Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, had created the...

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By Jimi Olaghere, MIT Technology Review | 12.04.2023

On a picturesque fall day a few years ago, I opened the mailbox and took out an envelope as thick...

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By Emily Bazelon, The New York Times | 12.03.2023

A few years ago, when he was in his early 30s, Tyler Levy Sniff took a home DNA test he...

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By Matthew Gault, VICE | 12.01.2023

The Pentagon is looking toward a future where the U.S. deploys “super soldiers” directly inspired by Captain America and Iron...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.01.2023

That’s a real nice CRISPR cure you have there. It would be a pity if anything happened to it. 

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