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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 Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 07.07.2011
When Juliet Jacobs found out she had lung cancer, she was terrified, but realized that her hope lay in getting...
By Lynn La, Sacramento Bee | 07.06.2011
By itself, a glob of spit at the bottom of a cup doesn't sound remarkable.
But when you have globs...
By Shirley S. Wang, Wall Street Journal | 07.05.2011
Early intervention is among the most effective ways to reduce the risk of chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes, scientists...
By Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times | 07.04.2011
Poverty is often cited as contributing to poor health. Now, in an unusual approach, researchers have calculated how many people...
By Sarah Boseley, The Guardian (UK) | 07.04.2011
High doses of drugs used to stimulate the ovaries of older women undergoing fertility treatment may be causing chromosomal abnormalities...
By Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor, Biopolitical Times | 07.02.2011
Since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, the mainstream English-language press around the world has valorized IVF doctors and...
By Luke Timmerman, Xconomy | 06.30.2011
When Minnesota Democrat Al Franken and Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown line up on the same side of an issue, my...
By Huffington Post, Huffington Post | 06.24.2011
What ever happened to parents-to-be saying, "We don't care whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's...