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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...
Relatively little attention was paid last year when President Obama called for creation of a database containing the DNA of...
Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk is cheaper and easier than ever. But just because a test is...
Poring over a list of the top 50 US philanthropists in 2014, physicist Marc Kastner noticed that 16 were based...
The race to make babies from three people is a major worry, duping couples and a dangerous experiment on mums...
Field Note Excerpt I: By Invitation Only
Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), May 10, 2016.
Anticipation was in the...
A mutation in a single DNA letter causes a painful and debilitating disease known as sickle-cell anaemia. Researchers have wrestled...
A “top secret" meeting of scientists was held at the Langone Medical Center on Halloween 2015. Their aim? To kickstart...
This summer Louise Brown, the world’s first “test tube” baby, celebrated her 38th birthday as a mother of two naturally...