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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...
On Dec. 7, 2023, the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, 51-year-old Sharon Eisenkot heard the knock on...
“Better babies.” “Fitter families.” “Survival of the fittest.” “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” These phrases are not merely historical...
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
More than a dozen Democratic senators are demanding that the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abandon plans to...
The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing Australia’s surrogacy laws to ensure they’re fit for purpose and reflect the...
America is worried about fertility rates — again.
Coverage of the country’s declining birth rate reflects widespread unease: Families are...
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J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who...
WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...