DNA

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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