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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 Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe | 10.14.2013
CAMBRIDGE — Anne Morriss’s first step toward starting a company to test the DNA of women and their prospective sperm...
By Nicholas Wade, The New York Times | 10.14.2013
This week’s Retro Report video tells the story of Dolly the sheep, the first clone of an adult mammal. The...
By Science Daily, Science Daily | 10.12.2013
Oct. 12, 2013 — New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that the tiny proportion of a cell's...
By Zoë Corbyn, The Guardian | 10.12.2013
Craig Venter reclines in his chair, puts his feet up on his desk and – gently stroking his milk chocolate-coloured...
By Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 10.12.2013
In recent years Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu has written extensively about the neuro-enhancement of human relationships. In a number of...
By Kieran Campbell, news.com.au | 10.10.2013
AUSTRALIAN parents who want to choose the gender of their children have been locked into expensive overseas treatments after a...
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 10.09.2013
BURLINGAME, Ca. -- Directors of the California stem cell agency today mulled over a recommendation that they focus intensely on...
By Rob Stein, NPR | 10.09.2013
[To listen to the full radio segment, go here]
The federal government is considering whether to allow scientists to...