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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...

By Arlene Bynon, The Arlene Bynon Show | 10.07.2013

The Arlene Bynon Show on SiriusXM radio is a national affairs show airing weekdays from 4 - 6pm eastern time...

By Nick Collins, The Telegraph [UK] | 10.04.2013

A group of 34 European politicians, including eight British MPs and peers, has signed a declaration attacking plans which will...

By John Horgan, Scientific American | 10.04.2013

Last spring, I kicked up a kerfuffle by proposing that research on race and intelligence, given its potential for...

By Katie McDonough, Salon | 10.04.2013

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that, while nominally banning abortions based on the sex...

By Vanessa Baird, New Internationalist | 10.04.2013
There’s a moment in the documentary film ‘It’s a Girl’ that is at once chilling and heart-rending.

A woman smiles...
By Dov Fox, Huffington Post | 10.04.2013

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) this week awarded a patent on "gamete donor selection" to 23andMe, the genetic...

By Osagie K. Obasagie, Scientific American | 10.04.2013

Robert G. Edwards might not be a household name, but the innovation he pioneered along with Patrick Steptoe certainly is...

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post | 10.03.2013

Hunkered down in a converted shipping container stationed in a San Francisco parking lot, three young entrepreneurs are tinkering with...