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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th 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 Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

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By Bill Newman and Demetra Georgiou, The Guardian | 11.03.2024

We were alarmed to read the findings of your investigation into an international network of “race science” activists seeking to...

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By Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 11.03.2024

When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state legislature, and her husband, Malcolm, were privately asked...

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By Jennifer Denbow, Nursing Clio | 10.31.2024

Access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) has emerged as a crucial issue in the 2024 election. While the Republican Party...

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By Susan A. Nolan and Michael Kimball, Psychology Today | 10.30.2024

In 2021, the American Psychological Association (APA) published a resolution: Apology to People of Color for APA’s Role in...

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By Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times | 10.29.2024

SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday that requires large health insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization —...

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By Zeenat Beebeejaun, PET | 10.28.2024

Building on the 2016 BBC Panorama documentary 'Inside Britain's Fertility Business', which exposed the use of controversial fertility treatment add-ons...

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By David Gilbert, Wired | 10.24.2024

AI-INFUSED SEARCH ENGINES from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity have been surfacing deeply racist and widely debunked research promoting race...

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By Françoise Baylis and Katie Hasson, The Conversation | 10.24.2024

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the...