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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...

A DNA spit kit is shown, featuring a container and a specimen bag.
By Harry Kretchmer, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 | 05.25.2017

A leading genealogy service, Ancestry.com, has denied exploiting users' DNA following criticism of its terms and conditions.

The US...

A black and white image of a robotic hand lightly grasping a human hand.
By Yuval Noah Harari, The Guardian | 05.24.2017

Biotechnology and the rise of AI may split humankind into a small class of ‘superhumans’ and a huge underclass of

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Close up photo of a hand clock.
By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 05.23.2017

C. Randal Mills, the 45-year-old CEO of California’s $3 billion stem cell research program, is a man who loves his...

A judge's gavel sits upon an opened book.
By Jim Provance, The Blade | 05.22.2017

New rule allows inmates to appeal lower courts decision

COLUMBUS—Inmates already on death row may appeal a lower court’s decision...
A young mother holds a daughter with their heads gently touching. Their backs are away from the camera.
By Sneha Banerjee & Sarojini Nadimpally, The Wire [India] | 05.20.2017

Uterus transplants raise several ethical concerns drawing from the health risk posed to women, especially since the surgery is not

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A gloved hand holds several connected test tubes filled with clear liquid.
By Anthony M. DeStefano, Newsday | 05.19.2017

A special state committee Friday approved a recommendation that New York State adopt the use of familial searching, an emerging...

Someone puts a coin into a piggy bank that has bandages on its side. A doctor's stethoscope surrounds the piggy bank.
By Maryam Zaringhalam, Slate | 05.18.2017

Which makes the AHCA’s removal of protections so much more frightening.

As currently written, the American Health Care Act allows...

Graphic of a double helix, with two nuceobase pairs highlighted as if being destroyed.
By Dietram A. Scheufele and David Beier, Scientific American | 05.18.2017

A report from the National Academies says scientists alone can't make the call—they must engage with the broader public

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