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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...

Elon Musk
By Al Letson, Reveal | 06.28.2025

Photo "Elon Musk Presenting Tesla's Fully Autonomous Future" by  on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

What do Silicon...

Graphic of a scientist looking at sperm and an egg under a microscope
By Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio | 06.27.2025

PAT DUGGINS-- If I were to say, ‘man, have you seen the price of eggs these days?’ You're probably thinking...

DNA graphic
By Pallab Gosh and Gwyndaf Hughes, BBC News | 06.26.2025

Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is...

graphic showing approval of certain genes and rejection of others
By Sophie Alexander and Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg | 06.25.2025

A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money...

Elon Musk headshot
By Charlie Warzel and Hana Kiros, The Atlantic | 06.24.2025

Image "Elon Musk" by Debbie Rowe on Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by S.A. 3.0

In April, Ezibon Khamis was dispatched...

mouse in lab graphic
By Rhys Blakely, The Times | 06.24.2025

Scientists have created fertile mice from male genetic material alone, a breakthrough that could one day open the door to...

Seedlings in a tray
By Save Our Seeds and GMWatch, Save Our Seeds | 06.23.2025

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Whatever happened to GM Golden Rice? And wasn’t GM salmon supposed to revolutionise aquaculture...

Graphic of two scientists on either side of a DNA strand
By Ed Cara, Gizmodo | 06.22.2025

In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call...