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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...

IVF
By Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post | 04.06.2022

After several unsuccessful attempts to conceive a baby through in vitro fertilization, a Massachusetts couple learned last year that they...

By Erik Stokstad, Science | 04.05.2022

For conservation biologists, the highest item on the global agenda this year is persuading the world’s nations to agree on...

He Jiankui
By Antonio Regalado, Technology Review | 04.04.2022

The daring Chinese biophysicist who created the world’s first gene-edited children has been set free after three years in a...

Jennifer Doudna
By Angelica Peebles, Bloomberg | 04.04.2022

It’s been 10 years since Crispr pioneer Jennifer Doudna published the landmark paper that landed a Nobel Prize for her...

pregnant woman
By Danielle Braff, New York Times | 04.02.2022

Charlie Lee and his husband want to have a baby.

But they are facing a major hurdle: They have 12...

a bunch of colorful chromosomes
By Karen Weintraub, USA Today | 03.31.2022

Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, more than two decades after the first draft was completed, researchers announced Thursday. About...

Blue operating table surrounded by other surgical equipment
By Wilson Ring, Huffington Post | 03.30.2022

A federal court jury in Vermont on Wednesday awarded a Florida couple $5.25 million from a doctor who used...

2 mitochondria in grayscale
By Anna Salleh, ABC News | 03.30.2022

Photo of mitochondria from Wikicommons

Mitochondrial donation will become legal in Australia, with a controversial bill passing the Senate after...