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By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026
THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times | 12.05.2013
The crime lab technician mislabeled samples, using “the victim’s name instead of suspect’s name,” her evaluation said. Her supervisors disqualified...
By Nancy Shute, NPR | 12.04.2013
Drugs that help women become pregnant have replaced in vitro fertilization as the main culprit behind high-risk multiple births, according...
By Zaineb Mohammed, East Bay Express | 12.04.2013
If you could augment your body's abilities in any way imaginable, what would you do? When Oakland filmmaker Regan Brashear...
By David Dobbs, Aeon Magazine | 12.03.2013
A couple of years ago, at a massive conference of neuroscientists — 35,000 attendees, scores of sessions going at any...
By Gary Robbins, UT San Diego | 12.03.2013
A San Diego County woman has filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status against 23andMe, alleging that the company knowingly misled...
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 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...