The company they keep
Why has Britain's scientific establishment named its new research institute after a eugenicist? “Europe’s superlab”, a £700 million research institute, the Francis Crick Institute, opens...
Doing the right thing by transgender kids is not easy
A US$5.7 million study begins soon amidst ethical uncertainties A US$5.7 million study of the long-term outcomes of medical treatment for transgender youth begins recruiting...
Sharapova’s stumble revives doping debate
She broke the rules, but do the rules make sense? Maria Sharapova in the quarter-final of the Australian Open Top-ranked Russian tennis pro Maria...
Is there a difference between genetic engineering and eugenics?
It is an oft-raised concern that genetic engineering may one day morph into a eugenics movement. It is an oft-raised concern that genetic engineering may...
Harvard’s dark past as the “brain trust” of American eugenics
Even the Supreme Court justice who wrote, "three generations of imbeciles are enough" was a graduate and former law professor. Harvard University is the richest,...
London sperm bank allegedly promoting eugenics
It excludes donors with history of certain diseases. The largest sperm bank in the UK is being investigated by the national fertility regulator for promoting...
The dark past of progressive eugenics
Some of the best minds in the US and Britain were in favour of purging the “race” of “defectives” in the early 20th century. The...
Male pregnancy a real possibility
If uterus transplants are possible, why can't transgender women get them? The idea of male pregnancy was once reserved for comedy (remember the pregnant Arnold...
UK think tank to investigate cosmetic procedure industry
Booming growth brings problems. A prominent bioethics think tank in the UK, the Nuffield Council for Bioethics, has launched a public inquiry into cosmetic procedure...
Making eugenics fun in Belgium
Ad advertising agency launches a bizarre campaign Waffles, beer, chocolate and euthanasia: Belgium is famous for all of them. Will do-it-yourself eugenics be added to...
Taking moral bioenhancement seriously
Oxford’s utilitarian bioethicist Julian Savulescu, with others, has proposed what they call moral bioenhancement – achieving moral outcomes with the help of drugs, genetic engineering...
The last psychopath: using the brain to root out disorder
The new play Tomcat tests our views about eliminating "neurodiverse" children. Eleanor Worthington Cox plays Jessie in Tomcat / Richard Davenport It is compulsory for...