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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters

The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness

The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology

Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature

The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality

The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins

Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence

The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them

Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America

The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life

Breeding the Human Herd: Eugenics, Dysgenics and the Future of the Species

A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution

The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA

Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct

The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

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“ She lowers the volume of this Safe and Top-Trending song titled... "Love Ain’t No Thang But a Chicken Wang.” ...more ”
― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black

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“ Don't tell me from genetics. What've they got to do with it?" said Crowley. "Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you're going to go on about genetics, you might as well say the kid will grow up to be an angel. After all, his father was really big in Heaven in the old days. Saying he'll grow up to be a demon just because his dad _became_ one is like saying a mouse with its tail cut off will give birth to tailless mice. No. Upbringing is everything. Take ...more ”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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