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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...

A black woman kisses a young black girl with joy and love expressed on their faces. In the background, there is a city back drop with other people walking on the sidewalk is featured, but out of focus and blurred.
By Carl Zimmer, New York Times | 01.25.2018

For centuries, people have drawn the line between nature and nurture.

In the nineteenth century, the English polymath Francis Galton...

Macaque monkey eating
By Jim Axelrod, CBS News [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

There has been a big scientific breakthrough that may bring the world one step closer to cloning humans. Two female...

By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing...

Baby macaque monkey riding on an adult macaque's back
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

Chinese researchers have finally figured out how to clone a primate, using the same technique Scottish researchers devised to clone...

A blue spherical design structure with lighting effects that highlight its surface texture. The texture can be described as popping out in geometrical patterns.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 01.24.2018

MOST PEOPLE USE Google's search-by-image featureto either look for copyright infringement, or for shopping. See some shoes you like on...

The online search engine, Google icon appears, with a magnifying glass.
By Lindsay King-Miller, Rewire | 01.24.2018

And how should parents—especially queer parents—manage their expectations around it?

My friend’s daughter Emma looks a lot like my daughter...

Close-up of a young monkey
By Marcy Darnovsky, New Scientist | 01.24.2018

Remember the human cloning controversies of the early 2000s? One reason they faded was that scientists were unable to...

A calculator rests on top of an  sheet of paper with numbers that signify expenses. A pen rests nearby.
By Doree Shafrir, Buzzfeed | 01.23.2018

When my husband and I started trying to have a baby, part of us thought even if it took a...