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‘It’s Super Weird, Super Odd, Super Rare’: Meet The Twins Who Have Different Dads

by Carolyn Wells May 5, 2026May 4, 2026

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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 Real Da Vinci Code

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 8, 2026January 7, 2026

“Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.”

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Grave Mistakes: The History and Future of Chile’s ‘Disappeared’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 20, 2025February 19, 2025

“A brutal regime hid hundreds of people’s remains. Can new forensic science help find them—and regain public trust?”

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How to Build a Human

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

“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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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA

by Krista Stevens February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

“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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Inside the Texas Crime Lab That’s Cracked Hundreds of Cold Cases

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 7, 2024August 7, 2024

“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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