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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...
Two years after the $9 billion start-up “unicorn” Theranos crumbled, Silicon Valley still appears to be struggling to learn its...
It’s a nightmare scenario straight out of a primetime drama: a child-seeking couple visits a fertility clinic to try...
A San Diego federal judge on Tuesday cleared a lawsuit against a La Jolla clinic purporting to offer stem cell...
Attempts to distill the essence of “selfhood” have occupied philosophers for centuries. Consensus has been fleeting at best, but is...
A new high-tech, controversial law enforcement procedure has some people worried it threatens the privacy of our DNA
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Trying to have a baby with the aid of modern reproductive technology can feel like visiting a gambling parlor with...
The University of California has filed an appeal to overturn a February decision by a US patent tribunal that dealt UC...
Rebecca Skloot’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” was a publishing and scientific sensation earlier this decade that spent 75...