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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...

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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.16.2025

Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two...

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By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 07.16.2025

A group of well-heeled, 30-something women sat down to dinner last spring at a table set with pregnancy-friendly mocktails and...

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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...