Tag: DNA

A friendly and charming hiker was known on the trail as “Mostly Harmless.” After his body was discovered in a tent in Florida, no one could figure out who he was.

Donald Cline justified his deception with choice bible verses, so that makes everything okay.

Jen Gilman Porat seeks a genetic excuse for her husband’s barbaric table manners.

Because she wants to know everything about him, Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker.

Should we try to correct disabilities to help the disabled, or make their existence easier for the abled?

Scientists are taking a second look at the effect of cooperation on evolution.

In Gibraltar, science writer Gaia Vince discovers that analyzing the genetics of ancient humans means changing ideas about our evolution.

In a recent piece for Mother Jones, Molly Redden looked at why it can be particularly hard for wrongfully convicted women to be exonerated (Women make up about 11 percent of the people convicted of violent crimes, but just 6 percent of those exonerated of violent crimes). Despite their good intentions, most innocence projects fail to bring […]

Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the police can collect a DNA swab from people who have been arrested but not convicted of a crime. The justices were unusually divided—conservative Justice Antonin Scalia joined liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan on the dissenting opinion. For some deeper context, read Harry […]