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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 R. Jean Cadigan, Margaret Waltz, Rebecca Walker, Rami Major and Incidental Enhancements Research Group, The Hastings Center: Bioethics Forum | 04.25.2023

Prominent science policy reports that set the stage for the recent Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing all raise...

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By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 04.24.2023

What good is a “miraculous” cure or a revolutionary therapy -- which is the goal of a $12 billion state...

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By Karen Weintraub, USA Today [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.23.2023

Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells – without the need for...

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By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 04.22.2023

Wendy Nelson watched her mother slowly die of Alzheimer's disease, unable to move or swallow at the end. "All her...

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By Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian | 04.21.2023

Simone and Malcolm Collins are a thirtysomething couple with three kids called Torsten, Octavian and Titan Invictus. (They refuse to...

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By Paris Marx, Disconnect | 04.21.2023

Elon Musk has been warning about population decline and smaller families for years. In his 2015 biography, he’s quoted as...

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By Crystal Grant, ACLU | 04.19.2023

Newborn screening programs are a vital public health measure implemented in the U.S. and across the world, with about one...

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By Emma Bubola, The New York Times | 04.18.2023

The couple had dreams of a big family. They would have five children, who would have their father’s mop of...