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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...
Scientists have developed a way to sift through millions of differences in a person’s genetic blueprint to detect those that...
One of the nation’s oldest and largest genealogical societies, founded to help Americans trace their family ancestries, apologized Thursday for...
Every animal and plant on Earth has an awesome beauty: the majesty of an oak, the delicate fabric of a...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this week dived in to deeply rooted discrimination and rights issues, discussing...
It's a Wednesday morning at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in downtown Washington, D.C., and Dr. Eli...
Rich Horgan’s quest to create a custom gene therapy for his brother, Terry, ended in tragedy. But Horgan doesn’t believe...
In a footnote to the Dobbs v. Jackson decision that overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, Samuel Alito referenced an...
José Echeverría spends restless days in a metal chair reinforced with boards and padded with a piece of foam that...