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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...

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

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By Casey Crownhart, MIT Technology Review | 06.14.2022

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Plants are the original carbon capture factories—and a new research program aims to make...

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By Kudrat Wadhwa , The Verge | 06.14.2022

When Arianna Huhn experienced complications with her first pregnancy, she signed up for a clinical trial, one that required her...

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By Antony Starza-Allen, Progress Educational Trust | 06.13.2022

The question of what is a 'permitted embryo' under the legislation governing assisted reproduction in the UK has received...

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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...