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In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Bay Area startups are focused on just that. It wouldn’t be the first...

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered...

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

a grey and white photo of Ellis Island
By Emma Cieslik, Ms. Magazine | 11.20.2025

Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash

This piece includes sanist slurs used in the late 19th and...

a skull with technology
By Emile Torres, Jacobin | 11.15.2025

Watching tech moguls throw caution to the wind in the AI arms race or equivocate on whether humanity ought to...

neuron
By Aisha Down, The Guardian | 11.10.2025

It has been an excellent year for neurotech, if you ignore the people funding it. In August, a tiny brain...

sperm donor graphic
By Robyn Vinter, The Guardian | 11.09.2025

A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric...

dog on pink background
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 11.07.2025

This week, we heard that Tom Brady had his dog cloned. The former quarterback revealed that his Junie is actually...

artificial womb graphic
By Lucy Tu, The Guardian | 11.05.2025

Beth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her...

stem cells
By Patrick Foong, BioNews | 11.03.2025

Recently, the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from stem cell clinics, which challenged the Food and Drug...

kidney transplant graphic
By Lauran Neergaard, AP News | 11.03.2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really...