It was a grim harvest for West Germany: 3,000 babies dead shortly after birth and another 3,000 with grotesque malformations, because their mothers had taken the sleeping-pill tranquilizer thalidomide ...

Imagine your two most beloved childhood games. Now imagine them mating and producing a deformed child. That is what the Rubik’s Revolution is—the deformed love child of the classic Rubik’s Cube and ...

I want to thank those people who commented on my posting “The Cyclops Child.” Some comments were critical; and I thank you for them especially since they bring into relief the ethical issues I wanted ...

The birth of a deformed child has always evoked strong feelings. Reactions range from awe, curiosity and compassion to fear, repulsion and plain aggression. Our fearful fascination of the disfigured ...