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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 Sofia Resnick, Stateline | 05.20.2026

An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in...

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By Laura Hughes, Financial Times | 05.20.2026

Sophie and her husband are set to spend more than £100,000 in travel and medical bills as they fly between...

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By Ryan Cross, Endpoint News | 05.20.2026

BOSTON — Over the past year, I’ve begun hearing rumblings from scientists who secretly think it’s time to stop being...

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By Rebecca Roberts, The Scientist | 05.19.2026

Scientists have had prenatal gene therapy in their sights for decades; by treating the fetus in utero, they can potentially...

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By Sigal Samuel, Vox | 05.17.2026

A lot of humans are feeling very down on humanity these days. Maybe you’ve met them. Or maybe you’re one...

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By Calder McHugh, Politico | 05.15.2026

There will come a time, in the not-so-distant future, when you decide to stick a computer chip in your brain...

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By Sofia Bettiza, BBC News | 05.07.2026

Karina is six months pregnant, but the foetus inside her womb is not her own.

The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 05.07.2026

Forty-eight years ago this July, Louise Joy Brown became the world’s first person born with the help of in vitro...