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.

In these pages, we are often confronted with the horrors of gene defects, although advances that may help attenuate their effects encourage us. We argue that it is undesirable to attempt to ...

Eugenics is in a somewhat unfortunate position in that, through a little misrepresentation, it may easily be made to appear in an unfavorable light. Pearson tells us that Francis Galton ...

NEW YORK, NY – The origins of the “Three Strikes Laws” can be traced to the early 1900s eugenics movement, according to a ...

Bell, the state could—and should—”prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.” Forced sterilization, ...

This timeline traces eugenics and eugenicists' ascent, decline, and revival from the late 19th century through to the present ...

It was in 1904 that Francis Galton introduced to the notice of the London Sociological Society the word 'Eugenics,' in an arresting address proposing a study of race-conditions, an effort for ...

Photo: This family was awarded Honorable Mention, Large Family Class, as part of a eugenics exhibit at a Kansas fair in 1923. The term eugenics comes from the Greek roots for "good" and ...

From Vice President JD Vance to SpaceX/Tesla/X.com CEO Elon Musk, natalism is a high priority for the MAGA movement. Vance ...

DR. L. S. PENROSE, who has just been appointed to the Galton chair of eugenics at University College, London, studied philosophy at Cambridge and proceeded to Vienna in 1923 for postgraduate work ...

Former SpaceX employee and Inheritance AI founder Vincent Peters sheds light on working for Elon Musk and gives his take on ...