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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 Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times | 05.20.2011
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Gov. Jerry Brown today nominated Jonathan Thomas to succeed Robert Klein as chairman of the...
By Sunny Dhillon, The Globe and Mail | 05.19.2011
People who might never have known who their biological mother or father was will have that opportunity now that a...
By BBC, BBC News | 05.19.2011
Laws in the UK are designed to try to prevent such arrangements, but Mr Justice Hedley said his paramount concern...
By Rob Stein, The Washington Post | 05.18.2011
In an era of helicopter parents eager to exploit every competitive edge for their children, at least two companies have...
By Lewis Page, The Register | 05.18.2011
The Supreme Court has ruled that guidance on the running of the national DNA database – which states that all...
By Vincent Y. Chao and Shelley Huang, Taipei Times | 05.17.2011
Estimates that thousands of female fetuses are aborted each year in Taiwan have led to calls for health agencies to...
By Robin Yapp, The Telegraph (UK) | 05.16.2011
Roger Abdelmassih is on the run from police after being convicted of sexually assaulting or raping 39 female patients at...
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 05.13.2011
In an unexpected setback to efforts to harness a promising new type of stem cell to treat diseases, researchers reported...