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By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026
THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By Mark Thomas, The Guardian | 02.25.2013
You may have missed the latest genetic discovery. As reported by The Daily Telegraph on Friday: "One million British...
By Daniel J. Kevles, The New York Review of Books | 02.25.2013
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Can genes be patented? This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a...
By Editorial, The New York Times | 02.24.2013
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument about whether it is constitutional for a state to collect...
By John Lauerman, Bloomberg | 02.24.2013
The Faroe Islands, a tiny, windswept land halfway between Scotland and Iceland, is so barren its 50,000 inhabitants import almost...
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Insider | 02.22.2013
In a victory for open access advocates, the White House science office today released a long-awaited policy aimed at sharing...
By Luke Dittrich, Esquire | 02.21.2013
In 1973, during a panel discussion on the ethics of brain surgery, a Yale neurophysiologist named Jose Delgado argued that...
By Bonnie Rochman, Time | 02.21.2013
Should worried parents be able to test their babies for diseases they may develop down the road, just because they’re...
By Matthew Herper, Forbes | 02.20.2013
Hey Nobel Prize in Medicine! You’ve got competition. This morning, a bevy of techoscenti billionaires including Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey...