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A partial transcript of the upcoming episode in which Maury reveals to John and Elizabeth Edwards whether or not John fathered Rielle Hunter's baby. The results are in!
  • Daily wanking

    Can ejaculating every day improve a man's fertility?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Duke DNA: No match

    Now what?
  • Gambling on Duke lacrosse team DNA

    Online betting site invites wagers on team's test results.
  • The mothers of all Jewish mothers

    The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women.
  • 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."
  • 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?
  • National Genes, Inc.

    Going once, going twice, gone! Estonia's gene pool has been sold to the bidder in the front row.
  • Baby loves me, baby loves me not

    Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet.
  • Can two men make a baby?

    Researchers say it's possible, but lawmakers must pave the way.
  • 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.
  • Salon's coverage of the human genome breakthrough

  • 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.
  • Building better humans

    The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them.
  • The great gene race

    A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Downtown jazz pianist Matthew Shipp takes the A train.
  • Flesh and blood and DNA

    A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • On immortality

    You might want to live forever, but should Hitler?
  • Nobel dude

    Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back.
  • He loves me, he loves me not

    Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love.
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