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This photo taken on February 1, 2018 shows an engineer holding a silicon face against the head of a robot at a lab of a doll factory of EXDOLL, a firm based in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian. With China facing a massive gender gap and a greying population, a company wants to hook up lonely men and retirees with a new kind of companion: "Smart" sex dolls that can talk, play music and turn on dishwashers.

Big Tech Is the Next Space Race, and the US Is Already Losing

“We need to see what’s going on as kind of a shock to the system.”
By Jack Crosbie
With all these ‘test-tube babies’ grown up, how have our reactions to the technology evolved?

Will CRISPR Fears Fade With Familiarity?

Americans have moved on from worrying about ‘test-tube babies’ – but there are still ethical challenges to resolve as reproductive technologies continue to advance.
By Patricia Stapleton
A scientist does science.

4 TED Talks Explain Scientists’ New Consensus Around Human Gene Modification

Genetic modification of humans: scientists call it an ethical go. How quickly will it get out of hand?
By Brady Dale

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