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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...
Medical students looking to score high on their board exams sometimes get a bit of uncomfortable advice: Embrace racial stereotypes...
Narratives are made by the artful omission of facts. Never was this maxim more evident than in a...
A new generation of genetic engineering techniques, collectively known as "gene editing," is being hailed as a game-changer in the...
In an unusual move, a leading genetic testing company is making genetic information from the people it has...
This week I’m calling out some recent headlines about medical “breakthroughs” that were wildly misleading. Even when the science itself...
Whenever a paper about CRISPR–Cas9 hits the press, the staff at Addgene quickly find out. The non-profit company is where...
On a Tuesday morning in Boise, biologist Greg Hampikian is on speakerphone with Christopher Tapp, an inmate at the Idaho...
Little Kate Summersgill certainly didn’t look like a child with Down syndrome — no upward slanting eyes or telltale flat...