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Justin Schleede is the executive lab director at Herasight, a company that screens embryos for health risks and traits such as height, longevity and IQ.
Kate Medley for NPR
These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary
Rob Stein
Prospective parents can now pick embryos based on risk predictions for thousands of diseases and odds for specific traits. But should they?
Construction cranes are seen, from the Washington Monument, on the site of the former East Wing of the White House on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Anna Moneymaker
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Republicans want to add $1 billion for Trump's ballroom security to ICE funding plan
Eric McDaniel
Wild pollinators like this bumblebee are integral to farmers' livelihoods and nutrition.
Tom Timberlake
Preserving pollinators is good for health -- and income
Jonathan Lambert
David McKenna plays Piggy and Winston Sawyers is Ralph in this four-part adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
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Netflix
Watch boys go from frightened to feral in an unforgettable 'Lord of the Flies'
David Bianculli
Texas Standard
From ICE detention to center stage: The Texas mariachi brothers opening for Kacey Musgraves
The brothers and their parents were taken into federal custody earlier this year during a required immigration check-in. The story caught the ear of a country music icon.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event held by Texas State’s Turning Point Chapter in San Marcos, Texas on November 12, 2025. Lorianne Willett/KUT News
Paxton struggles to raise money for his Senate primary run
MARATHON, TX. December 17th, 2019. Scenery in West Texas. Julia Reihs/KUT
Here are some underrated Texas road trip routes for the summer
Houston ISD will launch nine AI-focused campuses next year. Here’s what we know.
How the unreported killing of an American by ICE shattered two Texas families
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