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There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...
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Artificial intelligence isn’t just a niche tool for cheating on homework or generating...
Tens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every...
Neuralink, the company through which entrepreneur Elon Musk hopes to revolutionize brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), has implanted a ‘brain-reading’ device into...
Around the turn of the century, microbiologists at Danisco USA Inc. had a problem: The bacteria they used to make...
After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Meg Herrmann decided to get genetically tested for a hereditary cancer-causing gene...
The rightwing activist Christopher Rufo has links to a self-styled “sociobiology magazine” that is focused on the supposed relationships between...
MIAMI — In the age-old war of human versus mosquitoes, the bugs have been winning.
At least 700,000 people...
“DON’T PLAY WITH HER! SHE HAS SICKLE CELL”
On a sunny day in Southern Nigeria, my uncle and aunt took...