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By Alex Polyakov, The Conversation | 02.09.2026

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Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, smartest or healthiest child.

But these tests cannot deliver what they promise. The benefits are likely minimal, while the risks to...

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Interview: Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’

By Steve Rose, The Guardian | 01.28.2026

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If some time in an entirely possible future they come to make a movie about “how the AI bubble burst”, Ed Zitron will...

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The New Eugenics in Medicine

By Arthur Lazarus, MedPage Today | 01.23.2026

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A growing body of contemporary research and reporting exposes how old ideas can find new life when repurposed within modern systems of medicine, technology, and public policy. Over the last decade, several trends have converged:

The rise of polygenic scoring...

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More and “Better” Babies: The Dark Side of the Pronatalist Movement

By Daphne O. Martschenko and Julia E. H. Brown, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 01.14.2026

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There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement known as pronatalism looks to combat depopulation by encouraging people to have as many children as possible. But not just...

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