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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

A young baby with a soother in their mouth, stares at the camera as they grasp the window that displays their reflection
By Ryan Menezes, Cracked | 03.20.2017

If you've made the joke recently about how Idiocracy is coming true, ask yourself this: How would you fix it...

Separate black and white portraits juxtaposing Lewis Terman and David Starr Jordan.
By Jacqueline Lee, Mercury News | 03.17.2017

District’s schools will include a unit about California and Palo Alto’s role in the eugenics movement

Two Palo Alto middle...

Two babies lay side by side on two separate pillows, appearing to sleep.
By Gabe Cohen, KOMO News | 03.17.2017

A Seattle fertility doctor says more patients are asking for twins because of Beyoncé and George Clooney, though doctors are...

Artistic structure that displays the letters representing DNA-bases ATCG, in a glass wall.
By Martina Cornel, New Scientist | 03.17.2017

A proposed law effectively allowing US employers to require workers to take DNA tests and hand over the results is

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A bare torso of a pregnant woman is centrally touched by four different hands.
By Maria Cheng, Associated Press | 03.16.2017

Britain's Newcastle University says its scientists have received a license to create babies using DNA from three people to prevent...

A distant photo of a tool shed.
By Editorial, New Scientist | 03.15.2017

The gene-editing revolution continues to gather pace, but it is also throwing us curveballs. One is an unexpected technical hitch (see...

A teddy bear is turned on its side, on the floor of a darkened room.
By United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Population Fund | 03.15.2017

“I’ve been a priest for 25 years. During this time, I’ve met a lot of families ready to terminate their...

Patient lays horizontally. Image is a close up of a patient undergoing an eye procedure as a doctor touches the eye with an instrument.
By Denise Grady, New York Times | 03.15.2017

Three women suffered severe, permanent eye damage after stem cells were injected into their eyes, in an unproven treatment at...