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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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By Rob Stein, NPR | 05.18.2016

A handful of scientists around the United States are trying to do something that some people find disturbing: make embryos...

By Kelly Crowe, CBC News | 05.18.2016

Would you read a story if this was the headline: "New study raises questions about an experimental treatment that might...

By Emma Green, The Atlantic | 05.16.2016

Over the past year, Indiana hasn’t exactly been a leader in anti-discrimination law. Last spring, the state faced massive protests...

By Andy Balmer, PLOS Synbio Community | 05.16.2016

Secrecy has long been a part of scientific and innovation practices. Being an ethnographer of laboratories, one occasionally comes up...

By Ian Johnston, The Independent [UK] | 05.15.2016
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The UK’s fertility watchdog is becoming “increasingly concerned” that private clinics are offering ‘add-on’ treatments which have not...

By Dara Mohammadi, The Guardian [UK] | 05.15.2016

As the small motorboat chugs to a halt, three travellers, wind-beaten from the three-hour journey along the Atrato river, step...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian [UK] | 05.15.2016

A controversial Italian fertility doctor who won international fame for helping women in their 60s get pregnant has been arrested...

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By Caroline Framke, Vox | 05.15.2016

Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will...