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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...

close of of $100 bills
By Paul Schloesser, Endpoints News | 03.11.2022

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Four years after the FDA admonished stem cell clinic StemGenex for making dubious claims...

Illustration of Christmas Island Rat
By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | 03.09.2022

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An extinct rat that once lived on an...

plastic model of a human heart
By Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press | 03.09.2022

Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two...

Patient's brain scan
By Alison Abbott, Nature | 03.09.2022

Brain scan by Philippi et al via wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Every two weeks, a nurse visits 43-year-old...

A gvel and patent law sign
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 03.09.2022

Patent Law by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images

A long-running dispute between two groups that...

Woman receiving an ultrasound exam
By Editors, The Hastings Center | 03.08.2022

Photo by Scott via wikimedia

Bias and inaccuracy are pervasive in the marketing of noninvasive prenatal tests (NIPTs), concludes an...

cattle
By Candice Choi, Associated Press | 03.07.2022

Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash

U.S. regulators on Monday cleared the way for the sale of beef from gene-edited...

Roll of hundred dollar bills
By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 03.05.2022

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Elizabeth Wraige remembers the first time she delivered the diagnosis. “Parents feel as if...