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This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

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...

By Alana Semuels, The Atlantic | 12.08.2014
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Dawn Pieke’s relationship imploded just before she reached 40. Pieke had a miscarriage and shortly after, her boyfriend...
By John Galloway, BioNews | 12.08.2014
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Although the word was not actually used (or at least I did not hear it), this was a...

By Beth Greenfield, Yahoo | 12.05.2014
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Ever heard of “gender disappointment”? Jayne and Jon Cornwill certainly have. It’s what drove the Australian couple to...

By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | 12.04.2014

Rarely could I be described in a headline in The New York Times, which explains why I lingered over...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.04.2014

Last month in San Francisco, biologists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier showed up in black gowns to receive the $3...

By Maura Dolan, The Los Angeles Times | 12.03.2014

A state appeals court decided unanimously Wednesday that California’s practice of taking DNA from people arrested for felonies -- though...

By Laura Hercher, The New York Times | 12.03.2014

To the Editor:

In “The Downside of Resilience” (Sunday Review, Nov. 30), Jay Belsky points to evidence that...

By Michelle Roberts and Paul Rincon, BBC | 12.02.2014
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A personal DNA test that has sparked controversy in the US has launched in the UK.

The UK's...