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Mayuko Fujino The Weird, Ever-Evolving Story of DNA
Carl Zimmer’s sprawling new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, forces readers to reconsider what they think they know about genetics and heredity.
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Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters The Overhyping of Precision Medicine
Science has a history of inflated promises when it comes to disease treatment.
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Illustration by Julien Pacaud; Dennis Galante / Corbis Genes Are Overrated
Their discovery wasn’t predestined, nor do they dictate our destinies—and current ideas about them may die.
