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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th 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 Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Black and white depiction of evolution, from primates to humans
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.10.2019

Human intelligence is one of evolution’s most consequential inventions. It is the result of a sprint that started millions of...

Two 23andMe at-home DNA testing kits
By Peter Aldhous, Buzzfeed | 04.09.2019

A year ago, when cops captured Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, the world woke up...

Stem cell injection needle
By Chia-Yi Hou, The Scientist | 04.08.2019

Last week marked a flurry of activity to rein in activities by stem cell clinics that give customers unproven interventions...

Mother kissing smiling baby on the cheek
By Lesley McClurg, National Public Radio | 04.08.2019

It wasn't hard for Shara Watkins to get pregnant. It was hard for her to stay pregnant.

In 2016, she...

Mother with three children--kissing one on the cheek and holding one
By Ellen Matloff, Forbes | 04.07.2019

For over a century parents had the option of placing a child for adoption anonymously – meaning that the child...

Dollar bill with DNA in the middle
By James Paton, Bloomberg | 04.06.2019

Dozens of revolutionary gene therapies that mend faulty strands of DNA are on their way, bringing the power to eliminate...

Pacifier frozen in petri dish
By Jasmin Rosemberg, The New York Times | 04.05.2019

Perhaps it started with the fortuneteller.

Though I’d spent my 32 years steering clear of all tarot card readers and...

Brown lizard on log
By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 04.05.2019

Scientists have been altering the genes of mice, pigs, goats, chickens and butterflies for quite some time. But even as...