http://dir.salon.com/topics/dna/?source=rss&aim=dna en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Choire Sicha Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/edwards/index.html?source=rss 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! By Catherine Price Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/16/daily_wanking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/16/daily_wanking/index.html?source=rss Can ejaculating every day improve a man's fertility? By Laura Miller Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/26/wade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/26/wade/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/31/hazen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/31/hazen/index.html?source=rss 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 Leonard Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/03/15/bioinformatics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/03/15/bioinformatics/index.html?source=rss Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology. By Lynn Harris Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/11/duke_dna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/11/duke_dna/index.html?source=rss Now what? By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/06/duke_dna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/06/duke_dna/index.html?source=rss Online betting site invites wagers on team's test results. By Lynn Harris Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/ashkenazi_dna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/ashkenazi_dna/index.html?source=rss The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women. By John Sundman Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/22/genome_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/22/genome_two/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/21/genome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/21/genome/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/10/estonia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/10/estonia/index.html?source=rss Going once, going twice, gone! Estonia's gene pool has been sold to the bidder in the front row. By Theresa Pinto Sherer Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/mothers/2001/04/03/child_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/mothers/2001/04/03/child_love/index.html?source=rss Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet. By Theresa Pinto Sherer Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/31/eggs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/31/eggs/index.html?source=rss Researchers say it's possible, but lawmakers must pave the way. By Salon Staff Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/17/ochoa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/17/ochoa/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/06/30/genome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/06/30/genome/index.html?source=rss By Tabitha M. Powledge Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/27/gene_future/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/27/gene_future/index.html?source=rss 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 Ralph Brave Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/27/germline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/27/germline/index.html?source=rss The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them. By Ralph Brave Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/26/genome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/26/genome/index.html?source=rss A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won. By Seth Mnookin Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/05/16/shipp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/05/16/shipp/index.html?source=rss Downtown jazz pianist Matthew Shipp takes the A train. By Arthur Allen Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/12/roots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/12/roots/index.html?source=rss A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots. By Arthur Allen Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/01/gene_logic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/01/gene_logic/index.html?source=rss The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. By David Bowman Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/books/2000/04/03/nuland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/books/2000/04/03/nuland/index.html?source=rss An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths." By Susan McCarthy Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/30/immortal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/30/immortal/index.html?source=rss You might want to live forever, but should Hitler? By William Speed Weed Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/29/mullis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/29/mullis/index.html?source=rss Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back. By Eleanor Stacy Parker Tue, 12 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/17/biracial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/17/biracial/index.html?source=rss Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love.