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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...

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By Frank Landymore, Futurism | 07.15.2025

We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after...

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By Jared Whitlock, Endpoints News | 07.15.2025

Patient groups face a harder and unpredictable path going state-by-state to boost screening for rare but treatable conditions after the...

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By Lucy Tu, The Atlantic | 07.11.2025

Donald Trump—who is, by his own accounting, “the fertilization president” and “the father of IVF”—wants to help Americans reproduce. During...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.11.2025

The Walking Egg project is bringing IVF to rural communities in South Africa.

This week I’m sending congratulations to two...

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By Annika Inampudi, Science | 07.10.2025

Before a baby in the United States reaches a few days old, doctors will run biochemical tests on a few...

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By Suzanne O'Sullivan, New Scientist | 07.09.2025

Rare diseases are often hard to spot. They can evade detection until irreversible organ damage or disability has already set...

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By Alice Park, TIME | 07.08.2025

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to appear soon...

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By Philip Bump, Washington Post | 07.07.2025

There are a lot of questions worth asking about the New York Times’s report on Thursday about New York City...