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These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

Genetic Selection

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th 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. You can read the first part here. The series...

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The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

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Natural Election

By Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

Society
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

By Gary Marcus, The Guardian | 08.03.2024

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On 16 May 2023, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s charming, softly...

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First settlement reached for forced sterilization plaintiff in Japan

By Karin Kaneko, The Japan Times | 07.31.2024

A court-mediated settlement was reached Wednesday between the state and a Tokyo plaintiff in a forced sterilization case — the...

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Project 2025 decried as racist. Some contributors have trail of racist writings, activity

By Will Carless, USA Today | 07.29.2024
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5 Ways to Teach Disability History in Social Studies Class

By Kara Newhouse, KQED | 07.29.2024
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Project 2025 Isn’t Just Anti-Abortion. It Attacks Surrogacy, IVF, Contraception.

By Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout | 07.27.2024

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Early childhood educator Sammi Gerken, a married mother...

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J.D. Vance’s Appalachian Graveyard

By Elizabeth Catte, In These Times | 07.25.2024

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In May, two months before his selection...

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China: Leaked Plan Reveals Bid To Get Officials To Have More Children

By Chen Zifei, Eurasia Review | 07.24.2024

Photo by Brian Matangelo on Unsplash

A leaked internal draft document from the municipal health authority in the southeastern Chinese...

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The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

By Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge | 07.24.2024

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Last week, the founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz declared their allegiance to...

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