“Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.”
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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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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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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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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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Inside the Texas Crime Lab That’s Cracked Hundreds of Cold Cases
“The killing of Catherine Edwards, in Beaumont, long remained unsolved. Then came Othram, a start-up whose breakthroughs in DNA technology are helping identify bodies and solve decades-old murders and rapes.”
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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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Speaking Apartment
“The good ones are seldom advertised; they are passed down to friends or family members.”
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When Did I Start Getting Cancer?
“An environmental chemist investigates the origins of her leukemia.”
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What Kind Of Future Does De-Extinction Promise?
“De-extinction promises not a true reversal of time but a selective one.”
