News
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...
Many surprises come with having a baby, including learning your child's sex and discovering all the traits they inherited as...
In mid-July, a bipartisan trio of U.S. Senators—Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican...
The second-most shocking thing He Jiankui told the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong last November — right after...
A Russian scientist recently announced his intention to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit and implant human embryos—a revelation...
Last summer, I thought it might be fun to have my DNA analyzed. Two companies, 23andMe and Ancestry.com, had popped...
China will establish a national committee to advise the government on research-ethics regulations. The decision comes less than a year...
Michael Gove, now a senior minister in the government of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, once took a swipe at...