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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...

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By Dan Samorodnitsky, The Daily Beast | 06.12.2022

On May 14, a gunman walked into a Tops grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York...

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By Jay Reeves, The Associated Press | 06.11.2022

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For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds...

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By Kit Wilson, The Critic | 06.10.2022

We’re entering an era of almost unfathomable, radical technological change. Elon Musk is getting monkeys to play Pong with just...

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By Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ Magazine | 06.08.2022

“Where is the we?” It’s the question that was the driving force for Vida Delrahim and Ronit Menashe when...

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By Ray Levy-Uyeda, Truthout | 06.08.2022

In the mid-2000s, Moonlight Pulido experienced a bout of hot flashes, emotional ups-and-downs, and other symptoms of menopause that confused...

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By Melissa Nobles , Chad Womack , Ambroise Wonkam & Elizabeth Wathuti, Nature | 06.08.2022

Science is a human endeavour that is fuelled by curiosity and a drive to better understand and shape our natural...

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By Linda Villarosa, The New York Times Magazine | 06.08.2022

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As young girls, the Relf sisters were sterilized without consent. What does the government...

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By Andrew Joseph , STAT | 06.06.2022

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Through their foundation, Allie LaForce and Joe Smith have so far helped families have...