picks China uses DNA tech to spy on people. Yale geneticist and a U.S. biotech helped. Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Save 20% on this dog DNA test kit that includes full genetic screening Boing Boing's Shop

animals Virgin Komodo dragon had three babies David Pescovitz

Business The privacy-invading, junk science "home DNA test" industry is cratering Cory Doctorow

Science The DNA in his semen was completely replaced with another man's DNA John Struan

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

Science Russian CRISPR scientist announces new controversial effort to edit genes that cause deafness David Pescovitz

News New federal rules will limit police searches of DNA ancestry databases Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Protect your dog and learn its lineage with these DNA kits Boing Boing's Shop

crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow

surveillance When you take a commercial genetic test, you opt your whole family into warrantless state genetic surveillance Cory Doctorow

Technology Facebook's '15 months of Fresh Hell' detailed deliciously by WIRED Xeni Jardin

politics Two GOP reps meet racist troll Chuck Johnson 'to discuss genetic testing and DNA' Xeni Jardin

google Exec who oversaw Google's failed babykiller projects and cozied up to Saudis quits after employee uprising Cory Doctorow

class war Terror as disappearances follow Chinese student communists' solidarity with striking workers Cory Doctorow

News Trump denies promising $1M to Elizabeth Warren's charity pick if DNA test proved Native American ancestry Xeni Jardin

Science DNA ancestry tests are bullshit Cory Doctorow

crime Doctor guilty of raping heavily sedated patient in hospital gets no prison time Mark Frauenfelder

Science Unregulated fertility technologies are being used to create babies Andrea James

Cryptozoology Scotland's official plan if the Loch Ness Monster is found David Pescovitz