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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...

He Jiankui speaking at the the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong
By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.12.2019

The second-most shocking thing He Jiankui told the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong last November — right after...

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By Jennifer M. Gumer, The Hastings Center | 08.09.2019

A Russian scientist recently announced his intention to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit and implant human embryos—a revelation...

23 and Me logo of chromosomal pair
By Dorothy Pomerantiz, STAT+ | 08.08.2019

Last summer, I thought it might be fun to have my DNA analyzed. Two companies, 23andMe and Ancestry.com, had popped...

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By Hepeng Jia , Nature | 08.08.2019

China will establish a national committee to advise the government on research-ethics regulations. The decision comes less than a year...

Albert Einstein
By Editorial Board, Nature | 08.07.2019

Michael Gove, now a senior minister in the government of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, once took a swipe at...

Image of evolution of humans from apes to the future trans human
By Aditi Murti , The Swaddle | 08.07.2019

The New York Times recently reported that financier and recently-arrested sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein apparently believes in a philosophical strain...

Image of neurons from stem cell, bright colors.
By Jeanne F. Loring, Nature | 08.07.2019

For the past dozen or so years, stem-cell researchers in California have been the envy of the world. In 2004...

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By John Horgan , Scientific American | 08.05.2019

A while back my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, created a new major called science and technology studies, or STS...