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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th 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...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

By Tessa Muggeridge, The Tucson Sentinel | 03.31.2011
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill that makes Arizona the first state to ban abortions based on...
By Diksha Sahni, The Wall Street Journal Blog | 03.31.2011
India’s early numbers for census 2011 released Thursday put the attention back on the India’s increasing population numbers and put...
By Jennifer Ludden and Marisa Penaloza, NPR | 03.30.2011
Twins, once a rarity to marvel over, are now a common part of American culture, thanks in large part to...
By Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 03.30.2011

Is each of us morally obligated to volunteer as a subject for biomedical research? Are we blameworthy if we don't...

By Alistair Driver, Farmers Guardian | 03.29.2011
The EU Parliament and the Council of Ministers had one final chance to reach agreement on updating the Novel Foods...
By Sean O'Neill and Steve Bird, The Australian | 03.26.2011
As Delroy Grant, 53, was convicted yesterday of 29 counts of rape, sexual assault and burglary, the Metropolitan Police said...
By Maria Danilova, The San Diego Union-Tribune | 03.24.2011
A French family has been detained for trying to hide their two surrogate infants under a mattress in their van...
By Jennifer Rankin, EuropeanVoice.com | 03.24.2011
Last-ditch talks on how the European Union regulates animal cloning are at risk of collapse.

MEPs look set for a...