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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...

By Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Georgia State University Research Magazine | 02.08.2022

A century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that legal scholars generally consider to be among the...

Cover of the NWLC Sterilization report
By Shirin Ali, The Hill | 02.07.2022

A new report is highlighting forced sterilization laws across the U.S. and how the practice specifically affects disabled people, taking away...

Eric Lander
By Tyler Pager, The Washington Post | 02.07.2022

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Eric Lander, President Biden’s top science...

Alice Wong making a presentation
By Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle | 02.05.2022

Alice Wong, activist, research consultant and media maker

In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials...

IV bag and line at a hospital
By Meeri Kim, The Washington Post | 02.05.2022

Paddy Doherty remembers his father as a proud, hard-working family man who stayed physically fit for most of his life...

E. O. Wilson
By Mark Borrello and David Sepkoski, The New York Review | 02.05.2022

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The death of renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson in...

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By Jon Cohen, Science | 02.04.2022

Another showdown in the seemingly endless patent battle over who invented CRISPR, the genome editor that has revolutionized biology, took...

Closeup of an eye being analyzed by biometric technology
By Michelle Spektor, The Washington Post | 02.03.2022

Places around the world are using biometric technologies for coronavirus contact tracing and surveillance. For example, a municipality in South...