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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 David Cyranoski, Nature | 12.19.2013
In May 2004 Daniel Markingson, a patient with schizophrenia in an anti-psychotic drug trial at the University of Minnesota in...
By Laasya Samhita, New Scientist | 12.19.2013
Imagine if we could turn back time. A team that has identified a new way in which cells age has...
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 12.18.2013
In 2005, Tania Simoncelli managed to shock the senior lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Simoncelli, the organization’s...
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 12.18.2013
In 2005, Tania Simoncelli managed to shock the senior lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Simoncelli, the organization’s...
By Amanda Schaffer, MIT Technology Review | 12.17.2013
Pregnant women and their partners can already peer at an unborn child’s chromosomes: with amniocentesis, they can learn about the...
By Marisa Peñaloza, WBUR | 12.17.2013
Thousands of children are conceived using sperm and egg donors every year, a group large enough to entice MTV to...
By Enola Aird, MomsRising | 12.17.2013
Lots of children have three parents. A boy’s mother and father might divorce, and one remarries. A girl might be...
By The Editorial Board, USA Today | 12.16.2013
Opening the door to genetic testing and its potential health benefits to anyone with $99 and the desire to spit...