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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...
Nearly 40 years after the world was jolted by the birth of the first test-tube baby, a new revolution in...
A year and a half ago, few health insurers would cover a noninvasive prenatal test — which draws blood from...
When the first busloads of migrants from Syria and Iraq rolled into Germany 2 years ago, some small towns were...
Pat Reilly had good reason to worry about Alzheimer’s disease: Her mother had it, and she saw firsthand the havoc...
Should scientists give results to participants in research studies if they haven’t been validated in a clinical lab?
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BIOLOGY HAS EMERGED as one of the most important technology platforms of the 21st century. With the arrival of the gene-editing...
Presenting science as a battle for truth against ignorance is an unhelpful exaggeration.
Antimatter annihilates matter. Anti-science, it is said...
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Decades later, it’s still hard to grasp what the federal government did to hundreds of black men...