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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...
Elite athletes do whatever it takes to win. Lately, that’s meant getting an injection of their own stem...
Eggs and sperm do it when they combine to make an embryo. John Gurdon did it in the...
Last week, it was announced that the Google-associated home DNA screening kit, 23andMe will be launched in the...
If Silicon Valley has anything like a coherent philosophy, it is summed up in the idea that the...
Money and deals are flowing into companies that promise to edit genes. Human, animal, plant, all kinds of DNA may...
The most important resource needed to conduct research on humans, it is said, is not brainpower or money: it is...
Experts are warning Australians to be extremely careful when ordering genetic tests online, saying the tests may not...