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DNA

Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, smiling and pointing to a trophy while standing in front of stylized pink DNA strands on a surreal background.

What Happened Before 23andMe Lost 99.8% of Its Value?

23andMe promised to tell you where you came from. Now, it's not clear where your genetic data is going. With a Chapter 11 filing, a 99.8 percent drop in market value and its founder stepping down to bid on what’s left, the fall of this one-time biotech unicorn is a case study in platform hubris, data monetization and the fatal flaw of a one-time-use business model.
By Shreyas Sinha

Scott Kelly’s DNA Didn’t ‘Change in Space’ Despite Clickbait News Reports

If it did, he would've turned into a monkey.
By John Bonazzo
Unsplash/Abbie Bernet

New Study Suggests Stress-Sleeping Is How Your Body Repairs DNA

Stress and sleep are deeply intertwined.
By Francesca Friday
Unsplash/Dmitry Ermakov

Scientists Have Mapped Marijuana’s Genome—Revealing New Medicinal Potential

By Francesca Friday
The Lion Gate at Mycenae, which dates to Bronze Age Greece.

DNA Testing Links Modern Greeks to Ancient Minoan and Mycenaean Ancestors

By Alanna Martinez
There’s still a way to go from editing single-cell embryos to a full-term ‘designer baby.’

Editing Human Embryos With CRISPR Is Moving Ahead—Now’s the Time to Consider Ethics

By Jessica Berg
Over millennia, nature has evolved an incredible information storage medium – DNA.

Storing Data in DNA Brings Nature Into the Digital Universe

By Luis Ceze and Karin Strauss
Archaeologists working at the site.

Rediscovered Middle Ages Fort Reveals New Clues About Scotland’s Earliest Settlers

By Alanna Martinez
Unsplash/Brooke Lark

5 Diet Changes to Make in Your 40s

By Josh Axe
Brangus cows are bred to better withstand warmer climates

Scientists Are Breeding a Heat-Resistant Cow to Prepare for Worsening Climate Change

By Alec M. Beresin
What can a single person’s flu infection tell you about how the virus changes around the world?

How Flu Changes Within the Human Body May Hint at Future Global Trends

By Katherine Xue and Jesse Bloom
Those keypads are teeming with microbes.

ATMs Dispense More Than Money: The Dirt and Dope That’s on Your Cash

By Johanna Ohm and Andrew Read
An archaeological worker looks at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tutankhamun as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, 04 November 2007. It was the first time that the true face of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun was revealed to the public since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago.

DNA Testing on Mummies Reveals Surprise Ancestry for Ancient Egyptians

By Alanna Martinez
Thomas Brock studied how bacteria live in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park.

Government’s ‘Golden Fleece’ Is Now Humanity’s Golden Goose

By Anthony Zador
Are you taking care of both your mind and your body?

Exercise Isn’t Enough: For a Long Life, Incorporate Anti-Aging Activities

By Chelsea Vincent
For 30 years, scientists and the general public thought Gaëtan Dugas was "patient zero" for the AIDS virus.

There Was No ‘Patient Zero’ for the AIDS Epidemic

By John Bonazzo
A fun game, plus science advancement.

Play Video Games, Advance Science

By Scott Horowitz and James Bardwell
The human characters faced down a huge menagerie on the season finale of CBS' 'Zoo.'

Is the Animal Uprising on James Patterson’s ‘Zoo’ Plausible?

By John Bonazzo
Steve Jobs introduces iTunes.

This Week in Tech History: iTunes Store Opens, Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion

By John Bonazzo
The siren song of Ancestry.com.

Barack Obama’s Sixth Cousin: I Love the President But Not Genealogy

By Ann Votaw
DNA microarray (Wikimedia Commons)

The Great DNA Debate: The Case for and Against Genetic Testing

By Judy Mandell
McArthur Binion in front of DNA: Study: 84 x 84 inches. (Photo: Courtesy of McArthur Binion and Galerie Lelong, New York)

Rediscovered: A 70-Year-Old Artist’s Second Act

By Ryan Steadman

Biochemist Holds NYC Auction for Stunning Photography of DNA

By Jack Smith IV
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a press conference about a new community prevention program for heroin overdoses in which New York City police officers will carry kits with Naloxone, an heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, on May 27, 2014 in New York City. The New York Police Department is being provided 19,500 kits for officers; the program will begin after officers receive training. The Naloxone is administered nasally. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Schneiderman’s Supplement Scam

By Jeff Stier
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