[4] During the early 2000s Khan initially worked as a software engineer, but received funding from Ron Unz and switched his focus to science.

[5] In an interview with Don Gonyea for NPR's Weekend Edition, Khan stated his child was the most important thing in his life, so it made sense to know everything about his genetics.

[8] Khan believes society is in the "second age of eugenics,"[9] and full genome sequences of fetuses will become standard procedure for parents in the 21st century.

"[13] As a result of Khan's history of writing for controversial publications, the Times removed him as a regular periodic contributor, but stated they remain "open to consideration of submissions from him" in the op-Ed pages.

"[15] In a 2016 interview with the economist and podcaster James Miller, referring to the cancelled Times contract, Khan stated, "I have a clean conscience because I say what I think is true.

In December 2010, Khan co-founded the group blog Brown Pundits together with British-Pakistani Bahá'í Zachary L. Zavidé and Pakistani-American Omar Ali.