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The world's first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, exercises her lungs after her birth by caesarean section at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire, July 25th, 1978. (Keystone via Getty Images)
One baby, three genetic parents; America’s new industrialists; heatstroke—and no AC—in Europe; and much more.
By Bari Weiss
07.25.25 — Bari’s Picks of the Week
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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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