News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

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...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

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...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

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

Why it matters: Confusing...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026

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

U.S. States

Seedy Tale: Chinese Researchers Stole Patented Corn, U.S. Prosecutors Allege

By Mara Hvistendahl, Science | 07.07.2014
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The court documents read like something out of a Coen brothers film. Employees of the Chinese agricultural company...

Other Countries

Scientists Threaten to Boycott €1.2bn Human Brain Project

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 07.06.2014
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The world's largest project to unravel the mysteries of the human brain has been thrown into crisis with...

Biopolitics

Coming to U.S. for Baby, and Womb to Carry It

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 07.05.2014
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At home in Lisbon, a gay couple invited friends over to a birthday celebration, and at the end...

LGBTQI

China Approves DNA-Sequencing Devices to Detect Genetic Defects in Unborn Babies

By Angela Meng, South China Morning Post | 07.03.2014
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The mainland has lifted the controversial ban on medical diagnostic products that can help detect birth defects in...

Genetic Selection

Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in Papers

By Richard Van Noorden, Nature News | 07.03.2014
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The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt...

Civil Society

Research Integrity: Cell-Induced Stress

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 07.03.2014
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It seemed almost too good to be true — and it was. Two papers1, 2 that...

Animal Biotechnologies

We're Already Designing Babies

By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic | 07.03.2014
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ASPEN, Colo.—A new type of in-vitro fertilization procedure allows doctors to transfer the mitochondrial DNA from one woman...

Bioethics

Highly Placed Media Racists

By Steve Rendall, FAIR | 07.02.2014
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Nicholas Wade was a leading New York Times science writer for three decades. He left the paper weeks...

Racial Justice