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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

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By Lisa O'Carroll, The Guardian | 06.14.2023

The EU has taken a major step towards passing one of the world’s first laws governing artificial intelligence after its...

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By Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum | 06.14.2023

During the past year, perhaps the only thing that has advanced as quickly as artificial intelligence is worry about artificial...

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By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 06.14.2023

Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or...

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By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.13.2023

Après une période assez défensive dans le secteur de la tech, des dirigeants comme Sam Altman, le père de ChatGPT...

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By Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine | 06.13.2023

In April, researchers in China reported that they had initiated pregnancies in monkeys through a procedure seemingly much like in...

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By Neil C. Hughes, Cybernews | 06.10.2023

Elon Musk's Neuralink recently gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval for studying human brain implants. But is...

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By Boyce Upholt, MIT Technology Review | 06.08.2023

Fifty-three million years ago, the Earth was much warmer than it is today. Even the Arctic Ocean was a balmy...

He Jiankui at the 2018 panel where he revealed the news.
By John Ruwitch, NPR | 06.08.2023

BEIJING — In a mostly empty coworking office on the outskirts of China's capital, a scientist whose name is etched...