Bari’s Picks of the Week: New Frontiers

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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