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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 group of women raning in age, with their heads covered by scarves,m arching in line in a building. These women are the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.
By Kelly McLaughlin, Daily Mail | 12.06.2017

An Argentine woman has been reunited with her relatives 40 years after she was stolen as a newborn by the...

A woman scientist is turned away from the camera, and faces a laboratory desk filled with equipment.
By Christie Aschwanden, FiveThirtyEight | 12.06.2017

The easiest way to undermine good science is to demand that it be made “sound.”

Science is being turned against...

Three burning white candles, in a dark room. Candle wax drips on each.
By Tess McClure, Vice | 12.05.2017

How a powerful group of New Zealanders attempted to wipe out 'mental defectives' and improve the white race.

Oh Mother...

A person leans and covers their head, expressing sadness.
By Sheila Wayman, Irish Times | 12.05.2017

The day Ruth drove her car up to Howth harbour in Co Dublin and contemplated driving off the side, she...

Bird's eye view of a large group of people who are seated around a round table, looking at laptops, and infographics, with coffee mugs placed on the table.
By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 12.04.2017

Investors searching for a new way to make big money in medicine have hit upon an age-old problem: infertility.

The...

Grayscale image of a pregnant woman, with exposed belly, sitting with her bare feet in focus in front of her. Her face is not shown, and the picture displays only her body from the shoulders down.
By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 11.29.2017

Would-be parents seeking IVF treatment use published success rates to choose a clinic – but the stats don't reflect the...

A group of Biohackers. In the middle, one of the members holds an Apple laptop. Josiah Zayner  stands beside the laptop
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 11.29.2017

Josiah Zayner took a swig from his beer and squinted into the spotlight. He was already kind of drunk. He...

A large, multicolored representation of DNA fragments
By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.29.2017

Eli Wheatley and Christian Guardino are among a growing number of patients whose lives are apparently being saved or radically...