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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...

Logo of Verve Therapeutics
By Annalee Armstrong and Max Bayer, Fierce Biotech | 10.23.2023

A nearly year-long clinical hold on Verve Therapeutics’ base editing therapy meant to treat a genetic form of high cholesterol has...

Biotechnology exhibition featuring a model of DNA
By Jag Bhalla & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs | 10.20.2023

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Techno-optimism is a dangerous philosophy whose adherents espouse the blind faith that market capitalism...

Scientist administering gene therapy
By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News | 10.20.2023

Will Ungerer isn’t a typical fourth-grader.

The 10-year-old from Midlothian, Va., plays tag with his friends and swims in the...

ChatGPT on a phone
By Garance Burke and Matt O’Brien, Associated Press | 10.20.2023

Photo by Sanket Mishra on Unsplash

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence...

scientist editing DNA
By Emily Mullin, Wired | 10.20.2023

Two companies have launched clinical trials to see if they can restore hearing to children with a rare type of...

Syringe with a needle
By Manisha Krishnan, Vice | 10.19.2023

Canada will legalize medically assisted dying for people who are addicted to drugs next spring, in a move some drug...

A chicken farm
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 10.19.2023

Chicken farm by "L214 - éthique et animaux"
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Scientists at...

The California Flag
By Joelle Boxer, Bill of Health | 10.18.2023

Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of nine reproductive health care bills, following the passage of ...