Feb 7, 2026
Really bad ‘science’ German scientist August Weismann helped dismantle the notion that acquired characteristics can be inherited. His work began in 1887 with a breeding experiment involving a small group of white laboratory mice. Before allowing them to...
Dec 29, 2025
Eugenics in the Gym Eugenics played a surprisingly big, often indirect role in shaping early physical education (PE) programs in U.S. public schools. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, eugenicists were deeply invested in improving the population’s health and...
Oct 8, 2025
Quite an Impression! Before eugenics and genetics came to be common knowledge — and even for a short time into the 20th century — some people believed that babies were affected by an impression made on the mother or by her emotions. For example, a child born with a...
