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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...

By Winston Morgan, The Guardian | 06.04.2020

From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been an attempt to use science to explain the disproportionate impact...

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 06.03.2020

Why do some people infected with the coronavirus suffer only mild symptoms, while others become deathly ill?

Geneticists have been...

Genomic data
By Erik Parens, Scientific American | 06.01.2020

Since its birth 30 years ago, proponents of the Human Genome Project have promised that genetics research would yield untold...

Police with riot gear
By Michele Goodwin, Ms. | 06.01.2020

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The past few days have been traumatizing for our nation, with the murder of George...

By Gregory Walton, AFP | 05.24.2020

Doha (AFP) - Privacy concerns over Qatar's coronavirus contact tracing app, a tool that is mandatory on pain of prison...

By Amrita Pande, Mail & Guardian | 05.22.2020

A recent New York Times article heightened the sense of dystopia of the world that we seem to be...

A supermarket with empty shelves
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian | 05.21.2020

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Why do Americans represent less than 5% of the world’s population but nearly a...

A map of the United States
By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 05.20.2020

here was supposed to be a peak. But the stark turning point, when the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the...