We review scientific research and legal authorities to argue that the immutability of sexual
orientation should no longer be invoked as a foundation for the rights of individuals with …

Recent studies demonstrating epigenetic and developmental sensitivity to early
environments, as exemplified by fields like the Developmental Origins of Health and …

The contributors to Captivating Technology examine how carceral technologies such as
electronic ankle monitors and predictive-policing algorithms are being deployed to classify …

We can mark the start of the genomic era with the launch of the Human Genome Project
(HGP) by the United States Department of Energy in 1990, during the administration of …

Now that we have sequenced the human genome, what does it mean? In The Postgenomic
Condition, Jenny Reardon critically examines the decade after the Human Genome Project …

The laden phrase “identity politics” has come to signify a wide range of political activity and
theorizing founded in the shared experiences of injustice of members of certain social …

Epigenetics is one of the most rapidly expanding fields in the life sciences. Its rise is
frequently framed as a revolutionary turn that heralds a new epoch both for gene-based …

During the twentieth century, genes were considered the controlling force of life processes,
and the transfer of DNA the definitive explanation for biological heredity. Such views shaped …

Objectives Our aim in this study was to understand how genetics ideas are appropriated and
mobilized online toward the political projects of White nationalism and the alt right. Studying …

Databases have revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives. Information of all sorts is
being collected on a massive scale, from Google to Facebook and well beyond. But as the …