News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

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 discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

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...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

U.S. States

Election 2020: Prop. 14 would boost funding on stem-cell research

By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 10.09.2020

It would dedicate $1.5 billion of its total to research and therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke, epilepsy and...

Stem Cells

Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals

By Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review | 10.09.2020

In a national database in Argentina, tens of thousands of entries detail the names, birthdays, and national IDs of people...

Society

The Xinjiang Data Police

By Darren Byler, Noema | 10.08.2020

Preparing For War

Baimurat saw the advertisement for the new job sometime around December 2016. He had come back to...

Society

The Mythical Taboo on Race and Intelligence

By John P. Jackson, Jr., Andrew S. Winston, Review of General Psychology | 10.07.2020

Recent discussions have revived old claims that hereditarian research on race differences in intelligence has been subject to a long...

Perspectives

How Trump Exemplifies Our Ableist Culture

By Steven W. Thrasher, Scientific American | 10.07.2020

It was a grotesque sight: the president of the United States preening from the White House balcony, his mask pulled...

Civil Society

The Promise and the Reality of Gene Editing

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 10.07.2020

In July 2019, MIT Technology Review took a break from its usual beats, such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, to...

Human Genetic Modification

Scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for 'genetic scissors'

By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | 10.07.2020

Two scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry for developing the genetic scissors used in gene editing...

Human Genetic Modification

CRISPR’s Adaptation to Genome Editing Earns Chemistry Nobel

By Amanda Heidt, The Scientist | 10.07.2020

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier...

Human Genetic Modification