Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic contributions to behaviors ranging from mental illnesses to educational attainment to political affiliation—can help achieve this goal.

In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in developing an artificial DNA base pair that is based on a different chemical force than natural genetic material. While the common natural DNA building blocks are held together by hydrogen bonds,

DNA database search for Nancy Guthrie case yields no match in CODIS, narrowing suspect pool but keeping genetic evidence active for future hits.

Investigators were scrambling to find a breakthrough in locating Nancy Guthrie as the search for the missing mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie nears the three-week mark. Law enforcement appears to have shifted its attention from ransom notes that were shared with media outlets to a masked,