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Extending life beyond current limits vs. an emphasis on preserving a healthy life presents a pressing question: Death may be a problem to be conquered, but to what end?

Recent research shows that a father’s health, lifestyle, and environment can influence his children’s development, even ...

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

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