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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...
Kannapolis, North Carolina, is a desolate town, plagued by unemployment since the main employer, a textile mill, suddenly...
Last week, the National Academies of Science and Engineering joined forces with the Chinese Academy of Science and the Royal Society...
The development of CRISPR, a cut-and-paste gene editing technology, has pushed discussions of germline gene “therapy” from speculation...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom...
It was great scientific research that first noted and then carefully followed the steady and dangerous increase of...
Now that we have the power to permanently alter humanity, should we?
This was the question at the heart of...
At the heart of the debate over the use of CRISPR technology for gene-editing is the human embryo...
An international group of scientists and ethicists said this week that it would be “irresponsible” to use a powerful tool...