Topic: 23andMe

Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who wants to buy your DNA from 23andme?

Cara Michelle Smith

A complex & fraught "Finding Your Roots"

Melanie McFarland
(Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)

DNA tests are fun, but beware the hype

Michael Mackley - The Conversation
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The twisty history of paternity testing

Mary Elizabeth Williams
DNA testing equipment (AP/Jaime Dunaway)

Everyone's genetic privacy is at risk

Nicole Karlis
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Big Tech wants to own your genealogy

Jason Rhode
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Cancer and the limits of genetic testing

Pamela N. Munster
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America's fascination with genetic tests

Nicole Karlis
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1189015'>cosmin4000</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

The dark side of genetic testing

Sarah Catherine Nelson - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The gift of DNA knowledge?

Catharine Wang - The Conversation
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Breast cancer genes and 23andme

Katherine Drabiak - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Your genome may have been hacked already

Norman A. Paradis - The Conversation
A photo of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo is displayed during a news conference on April 25, 2018. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

The Golden State Killer suspect and DNA

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1189015'>cosmin4000</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Benjamin Winterhalter
A driver with the ride-sharing service Lyft waits for a customer on a street in Santa Monica, Calif., Oct. 17, 2013. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Fist-bumping while Rome burns

Andrew Leonard
(23andMe)

Lindsay Abrams
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ELIZABETH MURPHY - Fast Company