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Great science, uncomfortable history: Sir Gustav Nossal and the long tail of eugenics; Book says one of Australia's most eminent scientists promoted discussion of eugenics in the 1960s and 70s, but not that he supported racist ideas -- and researchers praise his thorough commitment to reconciliation and racial justiceSign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). June 29, 2024

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Court orders Japanese government to pay damages over forced sterilisations; Japan's supreme court rules that practice under now-defunct eugenics law was unconstitutional

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). July 3, 2024

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Hereditarianism, Eugenics and American Social Science in the Interwar Years: Meet the Carverians (Updated July 11, 2024)

• Source: Health & Medicine Week. August 2, 2024, 2309

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'Eugenics on steroids': the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute; Founded in 2005 and lauded by Silicon Valley, the Nick Bostrom's centre for studying existential risk warned about AI but also gave rise to cultish ideas such as effective altruism

• Source: The Observer (London, England). April 28, 2024

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Unlearning Eugenics: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Disability in Post-Nazi Europe

• Authors : Cleminson, Richard

• Source: Journal of the History of Sexuality. September, 2020, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p454, 3 p.

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Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised; Between 1948 and 1996, about 16,500 people were operated on without their consent under a eugenics law, triggering long campaign for redress

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). June 22, 2023

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Greed, eugenics, and giant gambles: author Malcolm Harris on the deadly toll of Silicon Valley capitalism; In his hotly anticipated 700-page book, Palo Alto, the writer and activist examines a dark history through the lens of his hometown

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). May 11, 2023

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'Hipster eugenics': why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race? Self-proclaimed 'pro-natalists' don't go around saying that they only want white babies, but there's a thin line between their movement and the 'great replacement theory'; Self-proclaimed 'pro-natalists' don't go around saying that they only want white babies, but there's a thin line between their movement and the 'great replacement theory'

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). April 21, 2023

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World's largest body of human geneticists apologizes for eugenics role

• Authors : Trent, Sydney

• Source: The Washington Post. January 24, 2023

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Dining across the divide: 'His views are in opposition to everything I believe'; They disagreed on Brexit, immigration, eugenics. Could they find anything in common?

• Source: The Guardian (London, England). December 15, 2022

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