Some concerns have been voiced over the way in which a clinic last year created the first three-parent baby born...
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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...
Meet the transhumanists who believe that the brain can outlive the body.
"Dead of the world, unite!” Appearing in a...
As with many new fields, synthetic biology—which incorporates disparate disciplines like engineering, computer science, biotechnology, and molecular biology—is hard to...
In 1883, the English statistician and social scientist Francis Galton coined the word “eugenics” (“well-born,” from Greek). The term referred...
Scientists face tough decisions when the latest gene-editing findings don’t match up with the results of other techniques.
It seemed...
Blood is thicker than water, or so the saying goes, reflecting the value we put on biological relationships. But is...
Recently, two eminent groups of scientists and health and medical experts made a startling statement: Under very limited circumstances, it...
Jim Durgeloh, 59, was desperate to avoid surgery. After a career as a construction contractor and hours of leisure time...