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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...

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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is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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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licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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...

Pregnant woman holding an ultrasound next to belly
By Amy Julia Becker, The New York Times | 02.01.2022

Our 16-year-old daughter, Penny, wakes up to the beeping of her alarm. On her way downstairs, she picks up her...