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23andMe Horror Stories: The DNA Tests That Tore Families Apart

‘I’m confident that the decision to buy a stupid $99 gift led to the permanent destruction of my entire family’

The Trouble With Epigenetics, the Trendy Topic of ‘Inherited Trauma’

Is pain really ‘passed down through DNA’? The new trauma discourse rests on scant evidence — and, dangerously, glosses over the greater truth

Your Sperm Might Predict Whether Your Child Will Be Autistic

Among the sperm of fathers of autistic children, researchers noted a specific set of DNA biomarkers

Now We Know Why Sperm Sometimes Just Literally Swims in Circles

Your freaking DNA never taught it how to swim straight