Moral Rights and Wrongs May Depend on Your Geographic Location

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 A Pew study reveals that people in disparate parts of the world responded differently to moral issues; an essential vitamin is found in meteorites; meanwhile, scientists have succeeded in cloning adult stem cells. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On DNA, Scalia Was Right

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 14, 2013 The words "Antonin Scalia was right" do not flow easily for me. But the court's most uncompromising conservative was correct when he issued a dire-sounding warning from the bench: "Make no mistake about it: Because of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

DNA Ruling

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Jun 9, 2013 Dig deeper

DNA Sampling and Police

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Jun 6, 2013 Dig deeper

Supreme Court DNA Collection

Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, Florida Today and the Fort Myers News-Press Jun 6, 2013 Dig deeper

Supreme Court: Police Can Take Your DNA Upon Arrest

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 4, 2013 In what's been hailed as a "resounding victory for law enforcement," a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA samples from people arrested in connection with serious crimes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Death Row Inmate Denied DNA Test, Scheduled to Be Executed Tuesday

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 6, 2013 According to Dov Fox of the Georgetown University Law Center, there was never any physical evidence linking Willie Jerome Manning to the slayings. The FBI has also recently acknowledged that the forensics evidence used to convict him was flawed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scientists Manipulate Cells With Computerized DNA

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 31, 2013 Researchers at Stanford University used genetic material to develop substances akin to "biological computers" that can monitor and possibly one day take control of cells into which they've been injected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bearing Sons Can Change the Mind

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 28, 2012 Sons can permanently alter their mothers' brain chemistry and may help defend against Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scientists Turn DNA Into a Virtually Limitless Storehouse

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 17, 2012 The successful translation of a book into genetic coding suggests that the building blocks of life could be used to store data cheaply, durably and with staggeringly little space compared with conventional digital devices. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now, This Neanderthal News Update

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 Take this one to the Creation Museum: A team of researchers has advanced the idea, in a new journal article published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, that our Neanderthal cousins had mostly died out by the time we Homo sapiens entered the evolutionary scene in full force. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defusing a Sociological Bomb

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 7, 2011 Race still matters in America and justice is not completely blind. Anyone who believes otherwise should examine the case of Cornelius Dupree Jr., who was ruled innocent Tuesday after spending 30 years in prison. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )