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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 Robert Klitzman, Bloomberg | 12.03.2013
Over the past decade, we have heard about the “fat gene,” the “diabetes gene,” the “alcoholism gene,” the “intelligence gene,”...
By Amy Klein, The New York Times | 12.03.2013
I love casinos. The sounds, the lights, the corny decadence. … I love it all, except for one thing: I...
By GEN, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 12.03.2013
Frustrated by slow progress in gene therapy, a team of scientists opted for an unconventional approach. Instead of relying on...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 12.01.2013
Certain fears can be inherited through the generations, a provocative study of mice reports1. The authors suggest that...
By Karuna Jaggar, Huffington Post | 12.01.2013
This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe, demanding...
By Rene Almeling, The New York Times | 11.30.2013
NEW HAVEN — THE new movie “Delivery Man” stars Vince Vaughn as a former sperm donor who finds out that...
By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 11.28.2013
The days of scrawled doctor’s notes are slowly coming to a close. In the United States, 93 percent of hospitals...
By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg | 11.27.2013
I hadn’t heard about the controversy over the three-parent embryo until my wife brought it to my attention: The U.K...