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

Unnatural selection: Is evolving reproductive technology ushering in a new age of eugenics? - The Globe and Mail: "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."