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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 cactus
By Ruxandra Guidi, Sierra | 12.27.2022

THE CIELO VISTA WALMART Supercenter in El Paso, Texas, is located east of downtown, near most of the city's Mexican...

red blood cells
By Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR | 12.23.2022

When Kathleen Aukstikalnis was expecting her first baby, she turned to a common prenatal test that a lot of her...

teal chromosomes on a black background
By Dan Robitzski, The Scientist | 12.22.2022

Scientists have developed a new line of stem cells—all derived from the same person—that can be used to study sex...

shadows of prisoners against a brick wall with a chain link fence
By Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times | 12.22.2022

UC San Francisco has issued a public apology after conducting an investigation into experiments performed by two faculty members in...

He Jiankui
By Emily Mullin, Wired | 12.21.2022

In November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he announced, first on YouTube and then at an international...

Henrietta Lacks
By Derrick Bryson Taylor, The New York Times | 12.20.2022

A life-size bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent and were used...

parents with a baby in the middle
By Blair Sowry, PET | 12.19.2022

The European Commission, the European Union (EU) executive responsible for proposing legislation, has proposed new regulation to allow parenthood rights...

an ad for surrogacy
By Shanti Das, The Guardian | 12.18.2022

Women recruited by an international surrogacy agency to carry babies for wealthy clients are being asked to undergo “unethical” medical...