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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...

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By Adam Zewe, MIT News | 02.07.2024

A tiny device built by scientists at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could be used to...

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By Kate Nelson, Atmos | 02.06.2024

Across the globe, Native peoples are leading a movement to assert authority over what was theirs from the very start...

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By Zoe Greenberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 02.06.2024

Nicole Junior and Chanel Glover were ready to be mothers, so the same month as their wedding, they began pursuing...

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By Sienna Rodgers, The House | 02.05.2024

Would you select an embryo according to its chances of higher intelligence? And is that even possible? Sienna Rodgers explores...

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By E.M. Wolkovich, Nature | 02.05.2024

I have just been accused of scientific fraud. Not data fraud — no one accused me of fabricating or misleadingly...

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By Denis Noble, Nature | 02.05.2024

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball Pan Macmillan (2024)

For too long, scientists...

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By Megan Molteni, STAT | 02.05.2024

After a months-long fight with Texas Medicaid over coverage of a gene therapy, Afghan refugees now have a chance to...

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By Olivia Olander, Mackenzie Wilkes, Katy O’Donnell, Daniel Payne, and Ruth Reader, Politico | 02.04.2024

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Artificial intelligence isn’t just a niche tool for cheating on homework or generating...