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Physics professor Kenneth Ohm has an unusual reason for having his DNA delivered to the Moon's south pole during an upcoming Celestis mission.

Man Sending His DNA to the Moon So Aliens Can Clone Him and Put Him in a Zoo

By Victor Tangermann

The consumer DNA kit company 23andMe has acknowledged that hackers had gained access to user accounts, but we have lots of questions.

Hackers Selling Stolen Customer DNA Data From 23AndMe

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have created a glass that uses DNA as its skeleton that far outclasses steel in strength and weight — at the nano-scale, at least.

Scientists Use DNA to Construct Material Lighter and Stronger Than Steel

By Frank Landymore

New research suggests that smoking weed for years may change parts of your genetic code that can even be passed down to your offspring.

Smoking Weed Appears to Make Alterations to Your Genetic Code

By Sharon Adarlo

We know that parasitic worms called hairworms can "mind control" their host. But as it turns out, they're also missing huge amounts of genes.

Scientists Surprised by DNA in Worms That Control Hosts’ Brains

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have figured out a way to retrieve tiny traces of human genetic material called environmental DNA (eDNA) from thin air.

Experts Alarmed by Tech That Identifies Human DNA Floating in Air

By Victor Tangermann

Criminals used an AI to clone the voice of the 15-year-old girl to fake a kidnapping, and tried to get her mother to pay a ransom.

Mom Says Creeps Used AI to Fake Daughter’s Kidnapping

By Victor Tangermann

Paleo, a Belgian competitor experimenting with mammoth protein, says a plant-based burger injected with mammoth myoglobin is delicious.

Tech CEO Says Burger With Mammoth DNA Tastes Delicious

By Victor Tangermann

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the 2022 firebombing of an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin via DNA he left on a burrito.

Wisconsin Firebombing Suspect Arrested From DNA Left on Burrito

By Noor Al-Sibai

Police have made an arrest in the University of Idaho murder case, using "public genealogy databases" to link the alleged killer's DNA to the crime scene.

Police Say They Used Genealogy Database to Arrest Idaho Murder Suspect

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An international team of scientists has recovered 2 million years old DNA from a variety of plants, fish — and even an ancient mastodon.

Scientists Sequence DNA They Found From 2 Million Years Ago

By Victor Tangermann

The late Nichelle Nichols's DNA is to be launched into space on a Vulcan rocket, and will be joining Gene Roddenberry on the final flight of the Enterprise.

Nichelle Nichols’ DNA To Join Gene Roddenberry in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Your Doppelganger May Have Strikingly Similar Genes, Habits

Your Doppelganger May Have Strikingly Similar Genes, Habits

By Frank Landymore

New Jersey has revealed that it used a newborn DNA sample to charge the child's father with a crime from 1996, which begs the question — what next?

Cops Use Newborn Baby’s DNA to Nail Dad for Crime from the 90s

By Noor Al-Sibai

Almost 47 years later, a discarded coffee cup containing DNA may be the key to solving an infamous cold case in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Investigators Analyze DNA Sample to Make Arrest in 1975 Murder

By Frank Landymore

The rise of “genetic paparazzi” is imminent, and courts are poorly ill-equipped to deal with the potential consequences of celebrity DNA theft.

Professors Warn That Creeps Might Start Stealing DNA From Celebs For Dark Purposes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Animal researchers in the UK are teaming up with Chester Zoo to save endangered animal species from going extinct using crogenetically frozen tissues.

Zoo Saving DNA From Rare Animals In Case They Go Extinct

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.

Scientists Find DNA Building Blocks in Asteroids

By Victor Tangermann

The 500-pound bear known as Hank the Tank became perhaps the cutest and yet most terrifying criminal in the US justice system in many centuries this week.

DNA Evidence Exonerates Giant Home-Invading Bear

By Lonnie Lee Hood

San Francisco cops are accused of entering the DNA of sexual assault victims into a database to help identify criminals — resulting in at least one arrest.

Cops Allegedly Used a Sexual Assault Survivor’s DNA to Arrest Her for Property Crime

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have discovered a new DNA structure they call the "Borg" that assimilates genes from other microorganisms in its surroundings.

Scientists Discover Extremely Long “Borg” DNA

By Tony Ho Tran

Sandwich chain Subway is in full damage control mode after a New York Times investigation found last month that there is no trace of tuna DNA in its tuna.

Subway CEO Says Sandwiches Definitely Contain Tuna, Regardless of What That DNA Test Said

By Victor Tangermann

A man was charged with rape after uploading his genetic code to a genaelogy site, giving police the DNA match they needed for a case from 2007.

Man Charged With Rape After Uploading His DNA to Ancestry Site

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.

Scientists Sequence DNA Found in Pink Snow That Covered Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a key difference in how human and mosquito DNA organizes into chromosomes then figured out how to morph them back and forth.

Scientists Morph Human DNA Into Mosquito DNA Structure

By Dan Robitzski

A genetic sequencing startup is putting famed geneticist George Church's own DNA for sale as an NFT.

A Harvard Scientist Is Selling His Genetic Code as an NFT

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that CRISPR gene-editing tools cause unintended changes to DNA in a shockingly-high number of experiments.

CRISPR Has a Problem: It Mangles DNA It Wasn’t Supposed to Touch

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists can now filter freely-floating DNA out of the air, allowing them to track and monitor what animals are in the area.

New Technique Identifies DNA Floating Through the Air

By Dan Robitzski

Quantum phenomena like proton tunneling can, in unusual cases, cause point mutations in human DNA, according to a new study.

Quantum Physics Can Mutate Human DNA, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have managed to program data into the DNA of living bacteria for the first time, allowing the data to be passed on to the next generation.

Scientists Successfully Store Data Inside DNA of Living Bacteria

By Victor Tangermann

A physics student used a scanning tunneling microscope to built a "Christmas tree" that's barely thicker than a DNA strand.

World’s Tiniest “Christmas Tree” Is Barely Thicker Than a DNA Strand

By Dan Robitzski

The private equity firm Blackstone just purchased Ancestry as well as its massive databse of customers' genetic information.

A Private Equity Firm Just Bought the Largest Consumer DNA Database

By Dan Robitzski

After news broke of the scope of China's DNA-collecting program, scientists and experts warn of enhanced surveillance and persecution.

Scientists Speak Out Against China’s GATTACA-esque DNA Collection

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists assume the first life on Earth used RNA and that DNA developed later. But an experiment suggests both genetic molecules formed at the same time.

Experiment Shows That DNA May Have Existed Before Life

By Dan Robitzski

A company developed genetic tests to determine whether someone's more likely to catch COVID-19 and, if they do, whether they'll have a more severe case.

Free DNA Test Claims to Warn Whether COVID Is Likely to Kill You

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to sequence the entire genome of the axolotl, a salamander capable of regenerating injured body parts, and hope to use it in people.

Scientists: Salamander DNA Could Regenerate Human Body Parts

By Dan Robitzski

Once again, experts are warning that consumer DNA tests will eradicate people's privacy and make them vulnerable to workplace discrimination.

Experts: Corporations Could Do Terrible Things With Your DNA

By Dan Robitzski

23andme genomic sequencing genetic information

23andMe Can Now Tell You If Your DNA Puts You at a Higher Risk for Diseases

Declining sales are forcing DNA testing company 23andMe to lay off about 100 people, approximately 14 percent of its workforce.

As DNA Test Sales Plummet, 23andMe Lays off 100 Workers

By Kristin Houser

Pentagon officials signed a memo earlier this week urging members of the military to stop using consumer DNA tests, calling them a security threat.

Pentagon Urges Military Members to Skip At-Home DNA Tests

By Dan Robitzski

Apple's employee wellness program includes free DNA tests through Color, which can scan for things like cancer and heart disease.

Apple’s Employee “Wellness” Program Includes Free DNA Tests

By Dan Robitzski

Geneticist George Church created an FAQ for his in-development DNA dating app to address comparisons to the notorious eugenics movement.

Geneticist Says His DNA Dating App Isn’t Really Eugenics

By Kristin Houser

GEDMatch, the DNA ancestry company that famously helped police track down a serial killer, just got bought by a genetic forensics firm.

Tech Firm That Develops Tools for Police Buys Massive DNA Database

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists encoded instructions for creating a 3D-printed plastic bunny in DNA and then embedded the DNA right in the bunny itself.

This Plastic Bunny Has DNA Explaining How to Make More Bunnies

By Kristin Houser

Chinese parents are using DNA testing to shape how they raise their children, despite the science behind the tests being flimsy at best.

Parents Are Letting DNA Testing Dictate How They Raise Their Kids

By Victor Tangermann

A wave of questionable startups claim they can test your DNA and make complicated predictions about your personality and health. Experts say it's hogwash.

“Like Horoscope Readings!”: The Scammy World of DNA Test Startups

By Dan Robitzski

A Florida detective was granted a warrant to access the entire database of a DNA website — and experts say the situation sets a dangerous precedent.

Cops Can Now Get Warrants for Entire DNA Websites

By Kristin Houser

A company called Genomic Prediction offers report cards based on the DNA test of frozen embryos. Experts say it's reminiscent of eugenics.

DNA Test Startup Claims It Can Spot Embryos With Low Intelligence

By Dan Robitzski

The Trump administration is planning to force almost all future asylum seekers and migrants to have their DNA taken and added to a database.

Trump Admin to Require DNA Samples From Asylum Seekers

By Victor Tangermann

An app claiming to use DNA tests to determine whether someone's gay is under fire by the scientists who actually conducted the research it's based on.

Scientists Call For Removal of App Claiming to Detect Gay DNA

By Dan Robitzski

An app literally called "How Gay Are You" uses incredibly questionable science to predict whether people are homosexual based on their DNA test results.

This Startup Says It Can Analyze Your DNA to Detect if You’re Gay

By Dan Robitzski

LifeShip will send your DNA to the Moon for $99 — a whimsical undertaking that could also ensure humanity lives on even if Earth becomes uninhabitable.

This Startup Will Send DNA From Your Spit to the Moon for $99

By Kristin Houser

The New York Police Department is growing a massive DNA database of thousands of genetic profiles, The New York Times reports.

Police Are Collecting DNA From People Without Telling Them

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers built a new tool that matches DNA samples to specific faces from a database that could be linked to the specific genes found in the sample.

Terrifying AI Matches DNA to Facial Recognition Databases

By Dan Robitzski

After using AI to analyze "junk" DNA, a Princeton-led team concluded that mutations within the noncoding DNA can cause autism.

Princeton Scientists: Mutations in “Junk” DNA Can Cause Autism

By Kristin Houser

Cambridge biologists recreated a bacterial genome from scratch, breeding E. coli with the artificial genetic code instead of natural DNA.

Scientists Created This Organism’s DNA From Scratch

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Homeland Security is going to start DNA testing people who cross into the U.S. seeking asylum next week.

Homeland Security Will DNA Test People Seeking Asylum

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have used Type 1 CRISPR-Cas3, which "shreds" DNA, in human cells for the first time, giving scientists a powerful new gene-editing tool.

Researchers Use CRISPR “Shredder” on Human DNA for First Time

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, scientists build a DNA computer that can be written and rewritten to run different software, just like a conventional computer.

The World’s First Reprogrammable DNA Computer is Here

By Dan Robitzski

Startups that sequence your DNA have a new target market, according to a new story in The Atlantic: your long-dead ancestors.

DNA Ancestry Startups Have a New Target Market: The Long-Dead

By Jon Christian

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.

This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers say they can give anyone a lifespan score that reveals their likelihood of living longer than average — just by looking at their DNA.

Scientists Claim They Can Predict Your Lifespan From Your DNA

By Kristin Houser