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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...

an IVF embryo
By Azeen Ghorayshi, The New York Times | 04.20.2022

When they began their first two rounds of in vitro fertilization in 2015, Anna Dahlquist and her husband, Brian, took...

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By Safety Communication, FDA | 04.19.2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and health care providers about the risks of false results...

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By GMWatch, GMWatch | 04.19.2022

Bayer AG is a chemical and pharmaceutical giant founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner...

By Alan Goodman and Joseph L. Graves Jr., Sepiens | 04.14.2022

Our recent book, Racism, Not Race, tackles a big lie: The idea that human beings have biological races.

Biological...

Alex Stern
By Sean Brenner, UCLA Newsroom | 04.14.2022

Alexandra Minna Stern, currently the associate dean for the humanities at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and...

Charles Murray
By Mitchell Thompson, Jacobin | 04.11.2022

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by Gage Skidmore on Flickr

When right-wing governments across Canada slash social programs and protections, they...

He Jiankui
By Ed Browne, Newsweek | 04.11.2022

Image of He Jiankui from Wikicommons

Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui, who shocked the medical world by claiming he had used...

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By Kalina Kamenova & Hazar Haidar, Voices in Bioethics | 04.07.2022

ABSTRACT

This article examines the bioethical discourse on polygenic embryo screening (PES) in reproductive medicine in blogs and news stories...