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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...

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By Sam Levin and Maanvi Singh, The Guardian | 10.10.2023

California has become the first state to ban the use of “excited delirium” as a cause of death, prohibiting the...

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By Kevin Collier, NBC News | 10.07.2023

Hackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic...

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By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 10.06.2023

It was one of gene therapy’s greatest successes — and greatest disappointments.

Strimvelis is a potent treatment for a devastating...

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By Carmen Drahl, NPR | 10.06.2023

It seemed like a pretty straightforward exercise.

Arsenii Alenichev typed sentences like "Black African doctors providing care for white suffering...

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By Isabella Kwai, The New York Times | 10.03.2023
Dozens of Indigenous women and girls from Greenland have said that they had intrauterine devices inserted without their consent in...
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By Christina Jewett, The New York Times | 09.29.2023
The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it was moving to close what has widely been viewed as...
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By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.28.2023

Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope.

"You really want to...

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By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 09.26.2023

Photo by Shuken Nakamura on Unsplash

A young researcher studying plant breeding for her PhD at Cornell University has just...