News

More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

"MC0_8230" via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by 2.0 

This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

sperm colored blue swimming across a black background
By Sarah Todd, Quartz | 11.03.2022

Trying to decide on a sperm donor means sorting through a dizzying amount of information.

Log onto the site of...

pacifier frozen in a block of ice
By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 11.02.2022

Disclaimer:  I attended and presented at this meeting, as discussed in the column. The views expressed are mine alone...

a virus
By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

Part 1Part 2

IT STARTED WITH a bold idea. “Someone finally convinced me to do something really, really stupid,” virologist...

influenza virus
By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

Part 1Part 3

AT THE MOMENT that the ferret bit him, the researcher was smack in the middle of...

gray mouse
By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

Part 2Part 3

THE GRADUATE STUDENT was alone in the lab on a Saturday, handling a mouse infected...

sleeping baby
By Erika Check Hayden, The New York Times | 10.26.2022

Weeks after Valeria Schenkel took an experimental drug named after her, the daily seizures that had afflicted her from birth...

a painting of skulls stacked on top of each other
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.25.2022

Paul Cézanne, Pyramide de crânes, via Wikipedia

A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made...

Black man
By Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post | 10.20.2022

TreVaughn Roach-Carter had been waiting to donate his sperm for nearly two years in early 2020 when he visited the...