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Secret DNA tests outlawed in Germany

A new law allows paternity disputes to be settled using DNA test evidence only if all parties consent

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Health

Extra gene fights cancer in Down's

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Life

Puberty gene sets our sexual clocks

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Molecule of life emerges from laboratory slime

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Will designer brains divide humanity?

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Will designer brains divide humanity?

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Brainy men may be healthier men

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Brainy men may be healthier men

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Evolving autopilots could boost space slingshots

Space

Evolving autopilots could boost space slingshots

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Tracing Americans' African roots is no mean feat

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Warning over DNA damage from forest fires

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Warning over DNA damage from forest fires

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Huge gene study shines new light on African history

The largest-ever study of the genomes of people from across Africa provides "spectacular insight into the history of African populations"

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Life

'Nursemaid' cells reveal the best IVF eggs

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Early domestic animals were surprisingly well bred

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Chromosome clue to human miscarriage

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Gene variant found in 65% of autism cases

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