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By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025
Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
By Jay S. Kaufman, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.27.2025
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By Monte Morin, The Los Angeles Times | 03.27.2014
As new revelations further discredit a highly publicized Japanese study on the use of acid to create so-called STAP stem...
By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 03.27.2014
From "paradigm changer" to "sloppy and irresponsible". In just two months, two papers revealing a simple...
By Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate [Louisiana] | 03.27.2014
For three weeks, state Rep. Joseph Lopinto worked to quell opposition to setting up a legal framework in Louisiana for...
By David Shukman, BBC | 03.27.2014
Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering.
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
By Rebecca Zamon, The Huffington Post | 03.26.2014
It’s been illegal for 10 years in Canada to buy sperm or ova, but Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has learned...
By Judy Norsigian, Infertility Family Research Registry | 03.26.2014
As the demand increases for young women to provide their eggs for both fertility and research purposes, the lack of...
By Chris Chipello, McGill | 03.26.2014
Should whole-genome sequencing be used in the public-health programs that screen newborns for rare conditions?
That question is likely to...
By Lori Jane Gliha, AlJazeera America | 03.24.2014
Celia Vandegrift jokes that she is "senile" at the age of 87, but her memory is sharp when it comes...