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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 1990s, French scientists wanted to see what happened to a mouse brain when they messed with...
At some point during the fall of 2005, Brian Stone grew tired of throwing up in a bucket...
A blood test that can predict if a fetus will have Down syndrome is growing in popularity. But because it...
Not since the early, heady days of recombinant DNA (rDNA) has a technique of molecular biology so gripped the scientific...
At the University of Washington’s School of Medicine there is a computer database that states with certainty –...
Do you always follow your doctor's orders? What if your doctor, pharmacist, health insurance company or even employer could tell...
Earlier this year, Chinese scientists caused an international furor when they reported that they had taken 86 human...