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Daily wanking: Can ejaculating every day improve a man's fertility?; Catherine Price Oct 16, 2007
Who are you?: More and more people are trying to trace their ancestry with a quick DNA test. A new book -- and my own experiment -- show that science can reveal some interesting things about your past, but not necessarily what you want to know.; By Laura Miller Jun 26, 2006
Duke DNA: No match: Now what?; Lynn Harris Apr 11, 2006
Gambling on Duke lacrosse team DNA: Online betting site invites wagers on team's test results.; Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 6, 2006
The mothers of all Jewish mothers: The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women.; Lynn Harris Jan 18, 2006
Weird science: Are we descendants of clay? Is rock slime related to Grandpa? A fantastic new book tours the competing theories of how life on Earth began 4 billion years ago.; By Andrew O'Hehir Oct 31, 2005
Decoding humanity, down to the last atom: Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology.; By Andrew Leonard Mar 15, 2004
One vote for the new eugenics: Yes, genetics research can alleviate suffering. But in our consumerist, narcissistic society, it's ultimately about producing perfect people. Part 2 of "How I Decoded the Human Genome."; By John Sundman Oct 22, 2003
How I decoded the human genome: We are becoming the masters of our own DNA. But does that give us the right to decide that my children should never have been born?; By John Sundman Oct 21, 2003
National Genes, Inc.: Going once, going twice, gone! Estonia's gene pool has been sold to the bidder in the front row.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 10, 2003
Baby loves me, baby loves me not: Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet.; By Theresa Pinto Sherer Apr 3, 2001
Can two men make a baby?: Researchers say it's possible, but lawmakers must pave the way.; By Theresa Pinto Sherer Jan 31, 2001
An innocent Texas inmate is freed: But if George W. Bush's office had not ignored a murder confession and DNA evidence, Christopher Ochoa might have been freed much sooner.; By Salon Staff Jan 17, 2001
Salon's coverage of the human genome breakthrough: Jun 30, 2000
Book of life?: Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not.; By Tabitha M. Powledge Jun 27, 2000
Building better humans: The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them.; By Ralph Brave Jun 27, 2000
The great gene race: A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won.; By Ralph Brave Jun 26, 2000
Sharps & Flats: Downtown jazz pianist Matthew Shipp takes the A train.; By Seth Mnookin May 16, 2000
Flesh and blood and DNA: A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots.; By Arthur Allen May 12, 2000
Listening to DNA: The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic.; By Arthur Allen May 1, 2000
The myths and truths of our muscle of love: An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."; By David Bowman Apr 3, 2000
On immortality: You might want to live forever, but should Hitler?; By Susan McCarthy Mar 30, 2000
Nobel dude: Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back.; By William Speed Weed Mar 29, 2000
He loves me, he loves me not: Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love.; By Eleanor Stacy Parker Feb 17, 2000
Sophie's choice: A Canadian court will decide whether Sophie Brassard must give her children a drug cocktail or lose them to a foster home.; By Alyson Mead Dec 8, 1999

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