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Who owns your DNA? Ancestry services, solving crimes and your privacy

Genetic profiling of persecuted Muslim people in China. Forensic investigators using popular ancestry services to solve crimes. Who owns your DNA? And who protects your privacy? Think before you spit.

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  01 | Artificial Evolution: Cloning Goes Mainstream

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  02 | Artificial Evolution: Genetically Modified Marsupials

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  03 | Artificial Evolution: Yuck or Yum? Gene-Edited Meat

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  04 | Artificial Evolution: Pig Parts for People?

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  05 | Artificial Evolution: Gene-Edited Babies

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  INTRODUCING — Artificial Evolution

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  01 | Brain Rot: Is there any proof your phone is destroying your attention…

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  02 | Brain Rot: Is AI turning us off human relationships?

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  03 | Brain Rot: Is tech making your memory better or worse?

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  04 | Brain Rot: Is internet addiction real?

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  05 | Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones. Is it worth…

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  INTRODUCING — Brain Rot

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  01 | Cooked: Could ice cream actually be good for you?

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  02 | Cooked: All-meat eaters say they feel great - but why?

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  03 | Cooked: Mystery in the Mediterranean

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  04 | Cooked: A peculiar potato experiment