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Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. Talking with author Adam Rutherford
Season 16
Episode 11
Published 3 years, 4 months ago
Description
A sweeping history of Eugenics starting in Victorian England, and how US Eugenics practices and laws were profoundly based on that research. Up to today with the Genome, gene editing technology and ethical questions which remain as regards how such technology is deployed.