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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

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By Jan Grue, The Guardian | 10.27.2026

For a very long time, I dreamed of being cured. I was born in 1981. I learned to walk early...

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By Anna Louie Sussman, The New Republic | 10.26.2026

There’s a certain kind of novel that’s not quite apocalyptic enough to be science fiction, but just far-fetched enough to...

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By staff, We Are Egg Donors | 10.21.2026

Michelle Lambrechts is a police officer and one-time egg donor in Belgium. She is also the founder of Ik Zit...

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By Gary Sernovitz, Bloomberg | 10.21.2026

Three years ago, at the age of 50, I found out I have dangerous genes. So in June, I went...

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By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 10.20.2026

For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat a human patient.

Researchers...

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By Noah Fromson, HealthLab | 10.19.2026

Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine — it’s reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are...

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By Jonquilyn Hill, Vox | 10.18.2026

We live in an era of endless optimization. Fitness trackers help us measure our lifespan, people are consuming piles of...

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By Jay Timothy Dolmage, The Conversation | 10.18.2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently been discussing “artificial general intelligence” that matches or surpasses human capabilities. This is from...