Today's simple genetic tests can reveal your private nature. Just don't expect it to stay secret.
By Peter Dizikes Feb 17, 2009
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I've got only a genetic disease and old age to look forward to
By Cary Tennis
October 6, 2009
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Do recent neurological studies prove once and for all that homosexuality is biological?
By Robert Burton
September 12, 2008
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And genetically modified his goats and chickens to produce drugs for humans. But hold on. Should we be doing this to animals?
By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 11, 2008
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Consumer advocates worry that the FDA is throwing open the barn door to genetically engineered animals too quickly.
By Rebecca Clarren
March 4, 2008
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I never gave it a second thought until somebody said she looked Czech
By Cary Tennis
September 1, 2009
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New evidence finds that anorexia may be at least partly genetic.
By Carol Lloyd
December 6, 2007
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The most groundbreaking science is being done outside academia and government. And the egomaniacal geneticist is leading the way.
By Jonathon Keats
December 5, 2007
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The Suns get tough just in time to tie the Spurs and salvage their season. Plus: Are prosthetic legs fair in a race?
May 15, 2007
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Author Liza Mundy talks about "designer babies," the "epidemic" of twins, and why assisted reproduction is the world's biggest social experiment.
By Lynn Harris
May 9, 2007
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Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
By Scott Rosenberg
March 12, 2007
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An M.I.T. biological engineering professor rejects the ETC Group's critique
By Andrew Leonard
January 18, 2007
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An enyzme here, an enzyme there, pretty soon you're talking serious ecological mayhem.
By Andrew Leonard
January 17, 2007
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Nothing about this product is "Jurassic."
By David Puner
December 19, 2006
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Research suggests that women prefer men whose genetic makeup differs from their own.
By Adrienne So
December 13, 2006
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Genetic disorders in animals are wacky.
By David Puner
December 13, 2006
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The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women.
By Lynn Harris
January 18, 2006
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A new study suggests women's "variable hormonal environment" makes them more susceptible.
By Page Rockwell
January 10, 2006
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In just a few years, doctors will know everyone's genetic identity. This knowledge will be a blessing -- and a curse.
By Alan H. Goldstein
November 28, 2005
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200 couples choose the gender of their babies in a study of why they'd want to.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 27, 2005
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Genetically engineering bacteria to eat our most toxic Superfund sites for dinner.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 21, 2005
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Lawrence Summers was right about one thing: There are innate differences between males and females. And if we want everyone to succeed, we shouldn't dismiss them.
By Lorraine Dusky
March 2, 2005
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Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology.
By Andrew Leonard
March 15, 2004
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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
October 22, 2003
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In his compelling book "Nature via Nurture," Matt Ridley explains how genes don't serve as blueprints for behavior, but instead interact with the environment to create who we are.
By Kurt Kleiner
June 19, 2003