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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 Belle Boggs, Indy Week | 11.09.2013
Elaine Riddick was 14 when she was sterilized by the state of North Carolina, immediately following the birth, by cesarean...
By Megan Allyse and Marsha Michie, The Wall Street Journal | 11.08.2013
In the 1997 film "Gattaca," wealthy parents regularly use what's called preimplantation genetic diagnosis to pick children with the most...
By Jim Hightower, Boulder Weekly | 11.07.2013
It’s always inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or...
By Medical Xpress, Medical Xpress | 11.07.2013
In an era of commercialized medicine, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has been on a steady rise. Consumers can purchase a...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 11.07.2013
In 2008, a group of prominent scientists and entrepreneurs announced, after careful consideration, that they would make their genome sequences...
By Miriam Zoll, Lilith | 11.07.2013
At age 50, I am an official member of Generation I.V.F., having grown up after the Pill and Baby Boomer...
By Judith Levine, Seven Days | 11.06.2013
Unemployed? Sent out 500 résumés? Earned another degree? Done everything humanly possible to get a job?
Well, there’s your problem...
By Steve Connor, The Independent | 11.06.2013
Some of the biggest discoveries in science often hide away in plain sight for many years before their importance is...