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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 Uptin Saiidi, New York Post | 11.23.2013
The hottest role these days for a young actress? Egg donor.
Egg “agents” are aggressively recruiting city models and actresses...
Egg “agents” are aggressively recruiting city models and actresses...
A U.S. company with a Prince Edward Island research facility is facing a complaint in Panama alleging that it is...
By Margalit Fox, The New York Times | 11.23.2013
Adrienne Asch, an internationally known bioethicist who opposed the use of prenatal testing and abortion to select children free of...
By Eliana Dockterman, Time | 11.22.2013
Those of you busy buying tickets to Thor or The Hunger Games, may have missed a movie premiering this...
By Bob Holmes, New Scientist | 11.21.2013
Being a male is easier than it looks. The defining genetic feature of maleness, the Y chromosome, contains only two...
By Christina Farr, Venture Beat | 11.20.2013
In September, Google announced a mysterious new venture to combat death itself.
Google’s top executives didn’t say much about the...
Google’s top executives didn’t say much about the...
By John Fowler, KTVU | 11.20.2013
BERKELEY, Calif. — Parents will do just about anything to improve what they see as their children’s chance for success...
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 11.20.2013
The expanding use of genetic testing is having an unforeseen consequence: More people are being told they have genes for...