Unnatural selection: Is evolving reproductive technology ushering in a new age of eugenics?

January 11, 2012

Humanity has long dreamed of perfection, striving to be faster, stronger and brighter, pushing nature to the limit. Four centuries before people were conceived in a petri dish, Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed flawless little beings could be grown in pumpkins filled with urine and horse dung, but there is no record he produced a crop. (Globe and Mail)