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This is the 10th 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...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

a robot solving equations
By Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, Carnegie Council | 01.24.2023

When ChatGPT was asked what advances in artificial intelligence mean for the human condition, it responded to our inquiry that...

small plants
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 01.24.2023

Gene editing has captured the imagination of academics and professionals working on agricultural development in Africa. They claim the technology...

a dna double helix
By Sydney Trent, The Washington Post | 01.24.2023

The world’s largest and best-known group of human geneticists apologized Tuesday for the role some of its early leaders played...

multicolored dna strands
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | 01.24.2023

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) apologized today for the participation of some of its early leaders in the...

two people in lab coats edit a DNA helix
By Rebecca Robbins and Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times | 01.24.2023

Suhellen Oliveira Da Silva was six months pregnant when she learned that the child she was carrying had the same...

Japanese flag in front of a corporate building
By Kyodo News, Kyodo News | 01.23.2023

The Japanese government was ordered Monday to pay damages to two people over their forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics...

rat that is brown and white
By Brandon Keim, The New York Times | 01.23.2023

Photo by Alexandr Gusev on Unsplash

When Lauren Strohacker received her second Covid-19 vaccine dose in the spring of 2021...

the flag of china
By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang, The New York Times | 01.22.2023

It was a cold and overcast morning in November, but one full of promise for Guo Meiyan and her husband...