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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
One of the armadillo quadruplets runs away when she hears Amanda Withnell approaching; her three siblings calmly keep their faces...
When she was in her early 30s, Katy Mathes decided to check her cancer risk. A genetic test showed a...
If any swine is fit to be an organ donor for people, then the dozens of pigs snuffling around Qihan...
On Dec. 9, Verogen, a California-based forensic genomics company, acquired GEDmatch, a user-sourced DNA genealogy site. The acquisition suggests that...
At the start of this year (February 06, 2019), The New York Times published Farhad Manjoo's passionate opinion piece, "Abolish...
This holiday season, millions of Americans will receive gifts allowing them to explore their genealogy and ancestry. People will give...
“Genetics just got personal.” So boasted the website of 23andMe in 2008, just after launching its DNA testing service.
As...
It’s been just over a year since the dramatic announcement of the world’s first genome-edited babies using CRISPR technology. Since...



