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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 09.25.2015
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More and more groups are amassing computer server–busting amounts of human DNA. Science's informal survey found at...

By Dalton Conley, Nautilus | 09.24.2015
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A report from a future where genetic engineering has sabotaged society.

The not-so-young parents sat in the...

By Chelsea Leu, California Magazine | 09.24.2015
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Stephen Colbert’s assertion notwithstanding, none of us is color blind. Not even the blind, it turns out. That’s...

By Joe Shute, The Telegraph | 09.23.2015

When Daniel Tammet was three years old, he fell down the stairs of the terraced family home he shared with...

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 09.23.2015
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One received a car, another money for college tuition, others cold, hard cash.

Most Canadian women who donate...

By Garry Hamilton, Nature News | 09.23.2015
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In the 1990s, French scientists wanted to see what happened to a mouse brain when they messed with...

By Cari Romm, The Atlantic | 09.23.2015
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At some point during the fall of 2005, Brian Stone grew tired of throwing up in a bucket...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 09.23.2015
Untitled Document Imagine this headline popping up on the Internet and in the New York Times in about four years:...