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Technology

Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it

Your genome literally identifies you, but researchers and genetic firms keep saying that DNA data is anonymous. It's a privacy scandal waiting to happen

Insight

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Humans

We don't know what a fifth of our genes do – and won’t find out soon

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Mind

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Features

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Earth

How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

Features

A genome sequenced

Health

Genome sequencing could become a routine part of health care in the UK

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Staying slim isn't just about what you eat - it's about your DNA too

Health

Staying slim isn't just about what you eat - it's about your DNA too

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Health

NHS 10-year-plan aims to expand digital healthcare and genetic testing

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Health

Genome sequencing reveals disease risk in otherwise healthy babies

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Little foot

Environment

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

Fossils suggest that a 3.6-million-year-old early human ancestor called "Little Foot" may have died in a violent encounter with a primitive baboon

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Life

The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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Humans

2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past

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Life

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

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Peter Campbell: Understanding cancer using the clues in your DNA

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