In 1883 a British biologist named Francis Galton combined the roots of the Greek words for "good" and "origin" to create the term "eugenics" for an applied science based on genetics and breeding. The ...

On April 25th of this year [2003], we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the elucidation of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick, an accomplishment of which we are all extremely proud—and ...

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It is often a misfortune for any good movement to become a fad. When this happens it is pretty sure to enlist the support of that object of Mr. Roosevelt's wholesome dread, the 'fool reformer.' And ...

Here are some headlines you might have seen in the last couple of years "How healing becomes killing: eugenics, euthanasia and extermination"; "Euthanasia in Canada means "eugenics is starting all ...