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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...

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By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 07.05.2025

Scientists are just a few years from creating viable human sex cells in the lab, according to an internationally renowned...

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By Emma Haslett, The Observer | 07.05.2025

The controversial founder of a Danish sperm bank has launched a new app in the UK that allows sperm donors...

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By John H. Evans, Craig Callender, Neal K. Devaraj, Farren J. Isaacs, and Gregory E. Kaebnick, Issues in Science and Technology | 07.04.2025

The controversy around a ban on “mirror life” should lead to a more nuanced public conversation about how to manage...

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By Maoli Duan, The Conversation | 07.02.2025

Up to three in every 1,000 newborns has hearing loss in one or both ears. While cochlear implants offer remarkable...

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By Jamie Marsella, Teen Vogue | 07.02.2025

In March, at a White House event celebrating Women’s History Month, President Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president,”...

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By Maren Behrensen, Tech Policy Press | 07.02.2025

Why is it dangerous when corporate executives, entrepreneurs and investors with enormous wealth and power collectively control the development and...

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By Joel Kotkin, UnHerd | 07.01.2025

Visionaries, dreamers, and autocrats have long dreamt of reshaping humanity to their preferred model. In the last century, eugenics was...

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By Al Letson, Reveal | 06.28.2025

Photo "Elon Musk Presenting Tesla's Fully Autonomous Future" by  on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

What do Silicon...