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Let People Collect Sperm From the Dead Critics argue that even if someone wanted to have biological children—for instance, if they were actively trying to…
Inside the Secretive Life-Extension Clinic When the trial’s results were published in November 2021, BioViva boasted that it had done just that. “Despite…
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Yes, Lab-Grown Meat Is Vegan I wish I came to veganism through an epiphany about the right to personhood of animals, or recognition of the…
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The US Just Greenlit High-Tech Alternatives to… The Covid-19 crisis highlighted certain economic and welfare issues associated with using animals for research.…
The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What… Some scientists and ethicists think He deserves a chance to prove that he’s capable of producing scientifically…