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Personal DNA Testing

Personal DNA Testing

Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?
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Art Authentication

Art Authentication

See how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.
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Capturing Carbon

Capturing Carbon

An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
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Profile: Pardis Sabeti

Profile: Pardis Sabeti

By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.
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