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Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

Sunday’s announcement clears the way for a new...

In a long-standing lawsuit, the ACLU, on behalf of partner organizations and an individual taxpayer, is challenging the state of California for its retention of genetic samples and profiles from people arrested but never convicted of a felony.  

The complaint...

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It's a...

A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...

Computing inside and outside a brain
By Craig S. Smith, Forbes | 03.08.2025

One recent evening in Shenzhen, a group of software engineers gathered in a dimly lit co-working space, furiously typing as...

selection of embryos
By Jamie Ducharme, TIME | 03.06.2025

After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization...

Asilomar beach
By Jon Cohen, Science | 03.05.2025

Photo by Wonderlane on Unsplash

On a nearly still and moonlit night last week, some 75 people formed a circle...

eugenics graphic
By Jason Wilson, The Guardian | 03.03.2025

A natalist conference featuring speakers including self-described eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a previously...

Elon Musk
By Justin Kirkland, The Guardian | 03.03.2025

Image “Elon Musk” by Debbie Rowe, Royal Society on
Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by S.A. 3.0

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Stop Forced Sterilization graphic
By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones | 02.28.2025

“Stop Forced Sterilization” poster by Rachael Romero,
San Francisco Poster Brigade, 1977
Courtesy of Rachael Romero through Library of Congress...

police officer searches on a keyboard
By Mike Baker, The New York Times | 02.25.2025

As investigators struggled for weeks to find who might have committed the brutal stabbings of four University of Idaho students...

wheel of DNA
By Staff, GMWatch | 02.24.2025

In an open statement, civil society groups, scientists, and academics are challenging the democratic legitimacy of any conclusions or policy...