eugenics Archives | 黑料吃瓜资源 /tag/eugenics/ Founded in 1890, 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) is a preeminent international research institution, achieving breakthroughs in molecular biology and genetics and enhancing scientific knowledge worldwide. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Center for Humanities hosts author Marc Torres /center-for-humanities-hosts-author-marc-torres/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=center-for-humanities-hosts-author-marc-torres Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:30:20 +0000 /?p=75128 Marc Torres speaks to an audience in a library; a screen displays a book titled Long Island Eugenics.On August 20, the 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology hosted an author talk with Marc Torres, who discussed his latest book, Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. From 1910 to 1939, the Carnegie Institute of Washington鈥檚 Station for Experimental Evolution, a predecessor of...

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]]> A call for support of trans scientists /a-call-for-support-of-trans-scientists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-call-for-support-of-trans-scientists Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:00:39 +0000 /?p=69054 illustration of diverse scientistsEver heard of the jelly bean experiment? A researcher filled a jar with jelly beans. He then asked a student how many were in the jar. Then he repeated the question with another student and another until every student in the class had been tested鈥攅ach in private. Very few students guessed a number near the...

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]]> 鈥淗i, my name is Brian鈥濃︹渁nd I鈥檓 Andrea鈥 /hi-my-name-is-brian-and-im-andrea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hi-my-name-is-brian-and-im-andrea Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:50:40 +0000 /?p=12303 Brian and AndreaWe鈥檙e the hosts of Base Pairs, a podcast from 黑料吃瓜资源 that tells stories about the power of genetic information—past, present, and future. With two seasons of episodes available on-demand, it鈥檚 clear that our idea to focus on genetic information opens endless possibilities for discussion. It鈥檚 part of our daily lives, from the...

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]]> Big decisions /big-decisions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-decisions Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:05:42 +0000 /?p=13179 genetic manipulationBase Pairs podcast Who will use CRISPR to alter their child’s DNA? Who gets to decide which traits are desirable? Following up on our last episode, “Good genes, bad science,” we hear from David Micklos, executive director at CSHL鈥檚 DNA Learning Center, and Miriam Rich, CSHL Archives Sydney Brenner Research Scholar and doctoral student at...

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]]> Good genes, bad science /good-genes-bad-science/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-genes-bad-science Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:05:34 +0000 /?p=13222 fitter families contestants at Georgia State Fair 1924Base Pairs podcast The early 1900s was an exciting time to study genetics. Gregor Mendel鈥檚 famous laws of genetics had just been rediscovered at the turn of the century, giving rise to a field rich with untold truths about the nature of life. Yet it was during this period that the bogus concept of hereditary...

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]]> Base Pairs Episode 12: Good genes, bad science /podcasts/good-genes-bad-science-base-pairs-episode-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-genes-bad-science-base-pairs-episode-12 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:00:13 +0000 http://live-cshl-core.pantheonsite.io/?post_type=podcasts&p=10112 fitter families contestants at Georgia State Fair 1924Base Pairs podcast - In the early 1900s, American science took a wrong turn toward eugenics. In this episode, we talk with experts in both science and history about what went wrong.

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]]> Eugenics used to be incredibly popular. We can鈥檛 let that happen again. /labdish/eugenics-used-to-be-incredibly-popular-we-cant-let-that-happen-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eugenics-used-to-be-incredibly-popular-we-cant-let-that-happen-again Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:18:01 +0000 /?post_type=labdish&p=27394 Fitter Families Contest KansasMiriam Rich, the recipient of CSHL鈥檚 2017-18 Sydney Brenner Research Scholarship, is determined to show how the concept of 鈥済ood genes鈥 became disastrous in American history. ood genes鈥 sounds like something we should want. The idea is so appealing that the marketers of Sephora thought it would help entice you to pay $158 for a...

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]]> Website opens window on dark episode in American science /web-site-opens-window-on-dark-episode-in-american-science/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=web-site-opens-window-on-dark-episode-in-american-science Fri, 11 Feb 2000 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/web-site-opens-window-on-dark-episode-in-american-science/ Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Today, 黑料吃瓜资源’s DNA Learning Center opened its Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement web site to the public. The Archive contains over 1,200 photographs and documents chronicling the early 20th-century American eugenics movement—a movement dedicated to improving the genetic stock of Americans through “better breeding.” “The...

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