News

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

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...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

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...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

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

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

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

U.S. States

Biopiracy row at UN talks in Geneva threatens global deal to save nature

By Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian | 03.30.2022

A standoff over biopiracy is threatening to derail a global agreement to halt the loss of nature, with developing countries...

Policies

The former Ryland Hall and surrounding area in the University of Richmond

University of Richmond strips names of enslavers from campus buildings

By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post | 03.28.2022

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The University of Richmond announced Monday that it has removed from six buildings...

Society

She got a job at Starbucks for access to IVF treatment. It cost more than her actual paycheck.

By Leticia Miranda and Louise Matsakis, NBC News | 03.28.2022

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Leah Russell felt a surge of hope when she spotted Starbucks on a list...

Society

Experts push for genetic testing to personalise drug prescriptions

By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | 03.28.2022

Genetic testing to predict how individuals will respond to common medicines should be implemented without delay to reduce the risk...

Genomics

How natural “short sleepers” thrive on 4 hours of sleep per night

By Ross Pomeroy, Big Think | 03.28.2022

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Too many Americans are sleep-deprived. Although the overwhelming majority of adults needs at least seven...

Genomics

4 pregnant women dressed in robes, standing in line; grayscale

Safety Concerns For Ukrainian Surrogate Mothers And Babies

By Bianca Facchinei, Newsy [cites CGS' Emily Galpern] | 03.25.2022

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The war in Ukraine has disrupted trade and threatened the global economy, from oil to...

Other Countries

Some past Science News coverage was racist and sexist. We’re deeply sorry

By Science News Staff, Science News | 03.24.2022

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In late 2019, with the 100th birthday of Science News a few years off, our team considered...

Bioethics

tweezers are used to take a DNA strand apart

Should we use genome editing to make better babies? Here’s what the experts think

By Tim Brinkhof, Big Think [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.23.2022

George Church is one of the world’s most famous pioneers of genetics and biotechnology. He has made colossal contributions to...

Society