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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 Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 05.23.2025

The sperm of a man carrying a rare cancer-causing mutation was used to conceive at least 67 children, 10 of...

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By Henry Giroux, CounterPunch | 05.23.2025

Violence, soaked in blood and stripped of shame, has become the defining language of governance in the age of Trump...

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By Caiwei Chen and Antonio Regalado , MIT Technology Review | 05.23.2025

Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback...

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By Staff, Reuters | 05.22.2025

Italy's Constitutional Court said on Thursday that same-sex female couples who use in vitro fertilization (IVF) abroad can both be...

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By Kevin Davies, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.21.2025

This week a diverse group of researchers, bioethicists, publishers and theologians, are gathering in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to extend and expand...

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By Christine Fernando, Associated Press | 05.20.2025

Days after a bombing outside a Southern California fertility clinic, a White House official confirmed Tuesday that the Trump administration...

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By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News | 05.19.2025

A bombing this weekend at a fertility clinic in California is raising fears that the threat of violence that has...

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By Mariam E Sunny and Siddhi Mahatole, Reuters | 05.19.2025

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Monday it will buy genomics firm 23andMe Holding for $256 million through...