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The Mysterious Eugenics of Aesthetic Taste

By Michael Rossi, The Los Angeles Review of Books | 01.11.2026

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...

Arts & Culture

The mirage of AI deregulation

By Alondra Nelson, Science | 01.15.2026

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...

Global Governance

More and “Better” Babies: The Dark Side of the Pronatalist Movement

By Daphne O. Martschenko and Julia E. H. Brown, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 01.14.2026

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

Genetic Selection

Bay Area Startups Want to Make Genetically Engineered Babies. What Could Go Wrong?

By Grace Won, KQED Forum [with CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.02.2025

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

Genetic Selection

On the road to treating mitochondrial disease

By Danielle Gerhard, Drug Discovery News | 01.24.2022

^{"Abnormal Mouse Mitochondria"

by National Institutes of Health (NIH)

is licensed under CC BY 2.0}

Mitochondrial disease, whether...

Human Genetic Modification

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White nationalists are flocking to the US anti-abortion movement

By Moira Donegan, The Guardian | 01.24.2022

^{Photo by Steve Sanchez on Shutterstock}

This weekend’s March for Life rally, the large anti-choice demonstration held annually in Washington...

Eugenics

Some egg donor agencies advertise $275,000 paychecks on social media — but the rigorous process is a far cry from making a 'quick buck'

By Hannah Towey, Business Insider | 01.23.2022

The complex nature of the egg donation business is baked right into the name. A careful balancing act between...

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A $3bn bet on finding the fountain of youth

By Staff, The Economist | 01.22.2022

Startups come and startups go. But few startups start with $3bn in the bank. Yet that is the fortunate position in...

Stem Cells

Their DNA Hides a Warning, but They Don’t Want to Know What It Says

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 01.21.2022

^{"Biobank" by UiT Norges arktiske universitet

is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via flickr}

Marin Konstadt, visiting family in...

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Gloved hand holding a test tube labeled "DNA TEST"

Voluntary workplace genomic testing: wellness benefit or Pandora’s box?

By Kunal Sanghavi, Betty Cohn, Anya E. R. Prince, W. Gregory Feero, Kerry A. Ryan, Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Wendy R. Uhlmann, Charles Lee, J. Scott Roberts & Debra J. H. Mathews, npj Genomic Medicine | 01.20.2022

Consumer interest in genetic and genomic testing is growing rapidly, with more than 26 million Americans having purchased direct-to-consumer (DTC)...

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