Science Here's a great new thing to worry about: "Mirror life" could destroy life on Earth Ruben Bolling

genetics "Unassuming" fern has largest genome yet found. "It's just ridiculous" Rob Beschizza

law DNA on chewing gum leads to conviction in 1980 cold case Rob Beschizza

dna "DNA My Dog" misidentifies humans as dogs Jason Weisberger

hackers DNA database 23andMe admits 6.9m users hacked Rob Beschizza

Science Human Y chromosome completely sequenced Rob Beschizza

crime Doctor accused of impregnating patients with own sperm dies in plane crash Rob Beschizza

ted cruz Texas will hand out free DNA kits so you can ID your child after the next school massacre Carla Sinclair

genetics Scientists use DNA Typewriter to encode K-pop lyrics into human genomes Thom Dunn

dna Scientists accidentally made Pac-man ghosts out of DNA Origami Thom Dunn

animals When you go to the zoo, you are breathing the DNA of the animals inside it Mark Frauenfelder

Science Should we mix human and animal DNA? Devin Nealy

dna Gentleman who left DNA on half-eaten sausage at crime scene caught 9 years later Carla Sinclair

dna Oldest DNA sequenced yet comes from million-year-old mammoths Miss Cellania

genetics At least 41 DNA regions affect left-handedness Andrea James

dna Scientists have successfully performed CRISPR gene editing in a live human body for the first time ever Thom Dunn

politics Trump administration to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing border or in detention for federal criminal database Xeni Jardin

crime Armed robber who face-planted into Pizza Hut door left DNA, cops say Xeni Jardin

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

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