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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 person wearing a lab coat and blue gloves lowers a tube of gametes into a tank to be frozen
By Anna Louie Sussman, MIT Technology Review | 09.12.2022

USDA Gene Bank

Like me, my eggs were flying economy class. We—my dog Stewie and I—were in seat 8D, while...

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By Staff, BBC | 09.12.2022

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People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) are being sought to participate in the world's largest genetic study of...

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By Olive Heffernan, Scientific American | 09.12.2022

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After nearly two weeks of recent United Nations negotiations in New York City, countries from around...

a hand intervenes in a strand of DNA
By Jennifer A. Doudna, The Atlantic | 09.12.2022

Two years ago, I was working on my laptop in an airport lounge in Newark, New Jersey, when I glanced...

a photo of Alice Wong's book Year of the Tiger
By Anna Leahy, The Washington Post | 09.09.2022

Vintage Press, book design by Debbie Glasserman

Alice Wong was born with muscular dystrophy, which hampered her ability to walk...

a neuron
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 09.08.2022

A group of 56 international scientists and policy experts have published a statement opposing the use of the term “precision...

Françoise Baylis
By Nahlah Ayed (interviewer), CBC Ideas | 09.06.2022

“Why is it that we think we can just take everything, everything, and modify it for ourselves?” asks Françoise...