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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...

sperm donor against blue background
By PA Media, The Guardian | 09.18.2023

Dozens of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in...

Poster promoting eugenics
By Adam Serwer, The Atlantic | 09.15.2023

The pseudoscience of eugenics is making a comeback on the American right. In August, the HuffPost reporter Christopher Mathias unmasked...

dolly the sheep
By Gregory E. Kaebnick, STAT | 09.15.2023

Ian Wilmut, the British scientist behind the first-ever cloning of a mammal, died Sept. 10, leaving behind a twofold legacy...

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By Max Kozlov, Nature | 09.14.2023

A hairless, pale-skinned lamb lies on its side in what appears to be an oversized sandwich bag filled with hazy...

black background with blue brains
By Steven Levy, Wired | 09.05.2023

The air crackles with an almost Beatlemaniac energy as the star and his entourage tumble into a waiting Mercedes van...

The California Flag
By Shefali Luthra, The 19th News | 09.05.2023

It was more money than Moonlight Pulido had ever held in her hands. Looking at the check — $15,000 from...

tram in Hong Kong
By Carina Cheng, Oliver Hu and Larissa Gao, NBC News | 09.04.2023

Photo by Alison Pang on Unsplash

Early this year, shortly after China lifted strict “zero-Covid” measures that had kept it...

money bags and DNA on green background
By James Tabery, Wired | 09.04.2023

You really can't understand all the excitement surrounding personalized medicine without knowing a little bit about Gleevec. And once you know...