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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 Shefali Luthra, The 19th | 08.14.2023

Amber Bohlman tried almost everything to get pregnant. For five years, she took hormones that gave her headaches. Bohlman underwent...

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By Nicole Dungca and Claire Healy, The Washington Post | 08.14.2023

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On the day Mary Sara died...

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By Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Scientific American | 08.12.2023

Wrongful arrests, an expanding surveillance dragnetdefamation and deep-fake pornography are all actually existing dangers of so-called...

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By Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times | 08.12.2023

In 1923, Princeton University Press published “A Study of American Intelligence” by Carl Campbell Brigham, a eugenicist and professor of...

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By Jessie Yeung, CNN | 08.12.2023

Better cancer treatments, advances in longevity, groundbreaking medicines and vaccines: these are just some of the potential prizes on offer...

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By Lorena O'Neill, Rolling Stone | 08.12.2023

Timnit Gebru didn't set out to work in AI. At Stanford, she studied electrical engineering — getting both a bachelor’s...

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By Clarence Williams, The Washington Post | 08.10.2023

The heirs of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman who died in the 1950s and whose cells have been reproduced for...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.09.2023

Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, researchers in Wisconsin isolated powerful stem cells from human embryos. It was a fundamental breakthrough...