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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th 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...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

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By Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American | 04.02.2026

For the past two decades, fertility specialists have wrestled with a troubling question: Why do Black people have lower live...

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By Anna Collinson and Jo Adnitt, BBC | 04.02.2026

The government in northern Cyprus has said it is launching an investigation after several British families told the BBC they...

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By Dr. Coco Newton, Progress Educational Trust | 03.30.2026

Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know...

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By Peter Ward, Slate | 03.30.2026

I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City. The lights are dim, and calming classical music...

a sign explaining the Indiana Eugenics law
By Mary Hartnett, WFYI | 03.30.2026

"1907 Indiana Eugenics Law" via Wikimedia Commons | CC by-SA 4.0

Indiana was the first government in the...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.30.2026

After operating in secrecy for years, a startup company called R3 Bio, in Richmond, California, suddenly shared details about its...

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By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly...

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By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...