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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...
I met Tony in 2001 when he was sent to me with severe muscle weakness. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to...
For years, ethicist Arthur Caplan warned medical researchers that paying businesses to evaluate their clinical trials was a bad idea...
Between 1929 and 1974, the state of North Carolina sterilized around 7,600 people whom it deemed unfit for parenting.
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“Scientism” is the belief that all we need to solve the world’s problems is, you guessed it, science. People sometimes...
In the febrile world of health startups, entrepreneurs are racing to quantify every possible bodily and environmental function. And so...
In 2005, Norwegian artist Anne-Karin Furunes was browsing in the library at Sweden’s Uppsala University when she happened upon a...
In Geneva next month, officials will discuss updates to the global treaty that outlaws the use of biological weapons. The...