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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...

An artificial intelligence robot is pictured with human-like features against a blank white background.
By John Naughton, The Guardian | 08.28.2016

The BBC Reith Lectures in 1967 were given by Edmund Leach, a Cambridge social anthropologist. “Men have become like gods,”...

A double helix is horizontally oriented, as a human palm grasps one of its curves.
By Marie Tae McDermott, New York Times | 08.27.2016

Five years ago, Sun Mi Stapel, a claims handler at a Dutch insurance company, began searching for her South Korean...

Barb wired fence
By Sharmila Rudrappa, The Huffington Post | 08.26.2016

Feminist ethicists have been asking for deeper regulations of the surrogacy industry in India. But on August 24, 2016 the...

A black and white photo. Woman in a t-shirt lies on the bed, with an expression of exhaustion.
By Erin Blakemore, JSTOR Daily | 08.25.2016

Two fifteen-year-old Native American women went into the hospital for tonsillectomies and came out with tubal ligations. Another Native...

An outline of a child is silhouetted against a sunset background.
By Express News Service, The Indian Express | 08.25.2016

The government on Wednesday approved a Bill that bans commercial surrogacy, and bars married couples who have biological or adopted...

Investigator holds a forensic light to illuminate fingerprints on glass, revealing several visible fingerprints.
By Devlin Barrett, Wall Street Journal | 08.25.2016

Federal Bureau of Investigation scientists have adopted a new method of analyzing DNA samples, generating thousands of fresh potential leads...

An iceberg is shown floating above water. Below water, there is a larger ice mass.
By Alice Yan, South China Morning Post | 08.25.2016

Surrogacy is still big business in Shanghai despite a police raid on a major agency just a few months ago...

Black and white image of DNA strands confined in several tubes lined along the perimeter of the image.
By Daniel Rivero, Fusion | 08.24.2016

Horrible laws often follow major terrorist attacks. After 9/11, the U.S. Congress passed the Patriot Act. After the Charlie Hebdo...