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This is the 10th 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...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

Stop Forced Sterilization graphic
By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones | 02.28.2025

“Stop Forced Sterilization” poster by Rachael Romero,
San Francisco Poster Brigade, 1977
Courtesy of Rachael Romero through Library of Congress...

police officer searches on a keyboard
By Mike Baker, The New York Times | 02.25.2025

As investigators struggled for weeks to find who might have committed the brutal stabbings of four University of Idaho students...

wheel of DNA
By Staff, GMWatch | 02.24.2025

In an open statement, civil society groups, scientists, and academics are challenging the democratic legitimacy of any conclusions or policy...

graphic of a 'superbaby'
By Staff, The Economist | 02.21.2025

One of the greatest scandals in modern science began with a late-2010s advertisement for HIV-positive couples looking to have children...

gene therapy graphic
By Angus Liu, Fierce Pharma | 02.21.2025

Pfizer is pulling further away from the gene therapy field with its decision to discontinue hemophilia product Beqvez.

The New...

DNA graphic
By Angelica Peebles, CNBC | 02.21.2025

Bluebird Bio will sell itself to private equity firms Carlyle and SK Capital for about $30 million, the company said...

CRISPR graphic on blue background
By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 02.20.2025

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for...

photo of pipetting in laboratory
By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 02.19.2025

California scientists took what looked like an $800 million hit last week in their efforts to develop revolutionary treatments and...