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This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

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...

Beige conference room surrounded by glass windows.
By Douglas Rushkoff, Medium | 07.05.2018

Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed...

A laboratory technician handles capped test tubes while wearing safety gear and gloves.
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 07.02.2018

Dr. Joshua Clayton, a 29-year-old radiology resident at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, wanted to learn about his ancestry...

Up close shot of an officer handcuffing a person under arrest..
By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 06.27.2018

When the Golden State Killer case was cracked in April with the help of a genealogist and an open-source ancestry...

Image is of a well-lit, sterile medical operating room.
By Katherine Drabiak, Washington Post | 06.25.2018

The Food and Drug Administration not long ago announced its authorization that permits genetics testing company 23andMe to market a...

Illustration of a map of U.S.-Mexico border along the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 06.22.2018

In the unfolding family separation crisis at the US-Mexico border, one thing has become increasingly clear; the federal government lacks...

An image of an ICE officer facing away from the camera. The uniform okn the officer's back reads "POLICE / ICE."
By Tonya Riley, Mother Jones [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.22.2018

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced an end to administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But the...

Photograph of the Mexican-U.S. border at Nopales showing fence and cities on either side.
By Russell Brandom and Rachel Becker, The Verge | 06.22.2018

More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the US border as a result of the White...

Close up of a baby's eyes staring into the distance.
By Kurt Pitzer, People [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.21.2018

A Ukrainian doctor is creating genetically modified “three-parent” babies in an effort to give infertile women a chance to bear...