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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...
Once we understand the genetic architecture of human intelligence, couples will use existing fertility technologies to increase their offsprings' average...
The ads for the new blood test, dubbed “the cancer stethoscope,” were designed to grab attention from even the healthiest...
Sometime next year, you may hear about a new way to save money on your health insurance. To get the...
There is no question that the Tuskegee study is one of the most horrific examples of unethical research in recent...
What should you do when you have a population that is shrinking and ageing amid a very low national birth...
As part of the $171-billion budget deal struck by California lawmakers, a failed 20-year experiment in social engineering that tried...
In a step that could lead to a new diabetes treatment, several Boston-area hospitals have teamed up with the Harvard...
A federal safety board next week will consider the first human use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR, according to the...