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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

egg freezing graphic
By Eleanor Hayward and Joanna Crawford, The Times | 03.29.2024

Gazing out at the Mediterranean from an idyllic rocky mountaintop, Sophie Hermann announced to her half a million Instagram followers...

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By Todd Feathers, The Guardian | 03.25.2024

For the last several months, a city at the heart of Silicon Valley has been training artificial intelligence to recognize...

sam altman at TechCrunch conference
By Hilary Brueck, Business Insider | 03.23.2024

"OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October...

Cameraman filming movie
By Jennifer Maas, Variety | 03.22.2024

We Were Dangerous” is a surprisingly funny film for a movie whose central conflict is the sterilization of...

Kidney surgery operating room
By Rob Stein, NPR | 03.21.2024

For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in...

Gene therapy costs graphic
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.20.2024

There is a new most expensive drug ever—a gene therapy that costs as much as a Brooklyn brownstone or a...

Mexican Flag
By Carey Gillan, UnSpun | 03.18.2024

A Mexican standoff with the United States turned into a Mexican smack-down this month with the release of Mexico’s formal...

Gene wheel
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 03.18.2024

People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many...