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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...
In the wake of the sequencing of the human genome in the early 2000s, genome pioneers and social...
As more cases of Zika virus pop up in the U.S., abortion rights advocates are raising concerns about...
When scientists first started to figure out how to extract DNA from ancient skeletons, their success was met...
A defining moment in modern biology occurred on July 24, 1978, when biotechnology pioneer Robert Swanson, who had...
More than a decade in the writing, scholar Alondra Nelson’s new book The Social Life of DNA: Race...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newborn Down syndrome baby left by his Australian biological father with his poor...
Would it be ethical for scientists to try to create babies that have genetic material from three different...
GWEN IFILL: Now to questions surrounding a significant advance in reproductive technology with DNA and embryos.
The...