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What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.

How Inky's daring escape calls animal intelligence into question.

A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?

How pooling resources can save scientists time and money.

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A writer explores manipulating her diet to treat her Type 2 diabetes.

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The eugenic legacy of a 1927 Supreme Court decision to sterilize “imbeciles.”