“Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.”
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‘It’s Super Weird, Super Odd, Super Rare’: Meet The Twins Who Have Different Dads
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‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: meet the twins who have different dads
When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK.”
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
“By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s ‘ChatGPT for genomes’ could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating biological design.”
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Her Rape Kit Had a DNA Match. In San Francisco, That’s Not Enough.
“SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year—half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.”
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How to Build a Human
“A forensics company tells cops it can use DNA to predict a suspect’s face. Scientists worry the tool will deepen racial bias.”
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A Fatal Reaction
“A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability.”
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My £2,500 Cavapoo is a Middle-Class Cliché. He’s Also a Fake
“Had the award-winning Times head of investigations been duped?”
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DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
“People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.”
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Grave Mistakes: The History and Future of Chile’s ‘Disappeared’
“A brutal regime hid hundreds of people’s remains. Can new forensic science help find them—and regain public trust?”
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Speaking Apartment
“The good ones are seldom advertised; they are passed down to friends or family members.”
