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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

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By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times | 06.04.2024

Peter Diamandis, a week away from turning 63, bounds out of a Starbucks on a recent morning with a cup...

Spacious greenhouse with growing potted plants lined up in several rows.
By Miri (Margaret) Raven, Alana Gall, Bibi Barba, and Daniel Robinson, The Conversation | 06.02.2024

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Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World...

two bowls of rice, one white one golden
By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 06.02.2024

With the recent Philippines court decision blocking the further planting of GM Golden Rice in the country, pro-GMO advocates have...

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By Vardit Ravitsky and Louise King, Scientific American | 06.01.2024

Artificial wombs are moving from the realm of science fiction to possible trials with severely premature human babies. We...

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By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 05.31.2024

Last year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists into a forest on Grande Terre, an island east of...

a graphic showing lab grown egg and sperm
By Shelly Fan, Singularity Hub | 05.31.2024

We all know the drill for reproduction—sperm meets egg.

For the past decade, scientists have been pushing the boundaries of...

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By Liz Szabo, The New York Times | 05.29.2024

By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to her fourth baby in 2020, she was well-versed in caring for a...

Image shows the Indian flag, comprised of 3 colored stripes of orange, white and green from top to bottom with an emblem at the center of the middle white stripe, flying high with the sky as the background.
By Suraj Gogoi, News Laundry | 05.28.2024

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Despite the tremendous diversity of languages and cultures in India, we are all but...