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This is the 10th 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...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

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By Tom Avril, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 02.08.2024

An 11-year-old deaf boy is now able to hear in one ear after undergoing a gene therapy treatment at Children’s...

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By Adam Zewe, MIT News | 02.07.2024

A tiny device built by scientists at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could be used to...

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By Kate Nelson, Atmos | 02.06.2024

Across the globe, Native peoples are leading a movement to assert authority over what was theirs from the very start...

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By Zoe Greenberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 02.06.2024

Nicole Junior and Chanel Glover were ready to be mothers, so the same month as their wedding, they began pursuing...

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By Sienna Rodgers, The House | 02.05.2024

Would you select an embryo according to its chances of higher intelligence? And is that even possible? Sienna Rodgers explores...

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By E.M. Wolkovich, Nature | 02.05.2024

I have just been accused of scientific fraud. Not data fraud — no one accused me of fabricating or misleadingly...

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By Denis Noble, Nature | 02.05.2024

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball Pan Macmillan (2024)

For too long, scientists...

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By Megan Molteni, STAT | 02.05.2024

After a months-long fight with Texas Medicaid over coverage of a gene therapy, Afghan refugees now have a chance to...