Infertility breakthrough: AI can identify the fastest swimming sperm and then a robot plants it into the embryo

Infertility breakthrough: AI can identify the fastest swimming sperm and then a robot plants it into the embryo

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In-vitro fertilization has produced more than 13 million babies since its inception in the late 1970s, but it remains a highly manual ...
Silicon Valley ‘superbabies’: Elon Musk and other investors claim genetic screening nothing more than a genetic trust fund

Silicon Valley ‘superbabies’: Elon Musk and other investors claim genetic screening nothing more than a genetic trust fund

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[Noor Siddiqui's] company, San Francisco-based Orchid Health, screens embryos for thousands of potential future illnesses, letting prospective parents plan their ...
Facebook allowed COVID conspiracies to circulate unchecked, more evidence shows

Facebook allowed COVID conspiracies to circulate unchecked, more evidence shows

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Facebook earlier this year faced a torrent of criticism from President Biden and others who have alleged that the company ...
QAnon followers play key role in infecting Facebook with vaccine conspiracy theories

QAnon followers play key role in infecting Facebook with vaccine conspiracy theories

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[A new research effort by Facebook] is a large-scale attempt to understand the spread of ideas that contribute to vaccine ...
COVID shots and "The Mark of the Beast'? Battling religious vaccine misinformation

COVID shots and “The Mark of the Beast’? Battling religious vaccine misinformation

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The Book of Revelation describes the End Time as a bloody battle filled with persecution, during which a beast forces ...
$850,000 in Trump Administration PPP loans went to anti-vaccine activist groups

$850,000 in Trump Administration PPP loans went to anti-vaccine activist groups

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Five prominent anti-vaccine organizations that have been known to spread misleading information about the coronavirus received more than $850,000 in loans from ...