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This is the 10th 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...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

tasmanian tiger
By Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo | 10.18.2024

Colossal Biosciences, a company mainly known for intending to genetically engineer proxies for several iconic extinct species, announced this week...

a skull with technology
By Ruha Benjamin, Los Angeles Review of Books | 10.18.2024

IN THE FALL OF 2016, I gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton titled “Are Robots...

Gene editing and scientist
By Hannah Devlin, Tom Burgis, David Pegg, and Jason Wilson, The Guardian [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson] | 10.18.2024

A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...

embryo
By Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times | 10.17.2024

Screening embryos during in-vitro fertilization to select those with fewer genetic risks for common diseases and certain physical traits is...

one DNA strand with a check and another with an X
By David Pegg, Tom Burgis, Hannah Devlin and Jason Wilson, The Guardian | 10.16.2024

An international network of “race science” activists seeking to influence public debate with discredited ideas on race and eugenics has...

photo of Giorgia Meloni
By Emma Bubola, The New York Times | 10.16.2024

Photo of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from CPAC 2022 con Hermann Tertsch y Victor Gonzalez by Vox España licensed...

Genome and Data
By Helena Kudiabor, Nature | 10.14.2024

A study has raised concerns that a type of genetic database that is increasingly popular with researchers could be exploited...