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Most of What you Read was Wrong: How Press Releases Rewrote Scientific Historyby John Timmer, ARS TechnicaSeptember 10th, 2012ENCODE's definition of "functional" leads to misleading media coverage of the role of junk DNA.

Science, Standards and Forensics: Part III by Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington PostSeptember 9th, 2012If we are going to use forensics to put people in prison for years, Congress should pass legislation to make forensics far more of a science.

US Stem Cell Scientist Punished for Fraudby Michael Cook, BioEdgeSeptember 7th, 2012A Harvard University researcher was recently disciplined by the Department of Health and Human Services for using images from other publications as her own.

Is Costa Rica Violating Human Rights by Banning In Vitro Fertilization?by Matt Levin, Tico TimesSeptember 7th, 2012Costa Rica is being sued at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for prohibiting in vitro fertilization.

Weird Science: The Promise and Peril of Synthetic Biologyby Jeff Conant, Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2012A wave of gene therapies, pharmaceuticals, genetically engineered crops, and manufactured biofuels have transformed science, medicine, industry, and quite possibly, global ecology.

Bioethicist Pushes Us Toward Our Eugenic Dutyby Anna Hamilton, Biopolitical Times Guest ContributorSeptember 6th, 2012A professor of ethics takes his campaign for "breeding better babies" to the Reader's Digest.

Forensics on the Hill: Part I by Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington PostSeptember 5th, 2012Donald Eugene Gates' fate was sealed by two stray hairs and he spent nearly three decades in prison, before his innocence was finally proven. How often is DNA forensics wrong?

South Carolina to Collect DNA After Every Felony Arrestby Seanna Adcox, Associated PressSeptember 1st, 2012South Carolina’s law enforcement agency will soon collect DNA samples from people when they’re arrested for a felony – rather than post-conviction.

DNA Test Jailed Innocent Man for Murderby Hannah Barnes, BBC NewsAugust 31st, 2012Scientists, lawyers and politicians have raised concerns over the quality of forensic evidence testing - is the criminal justice system too reliant on lab tests without seeing their limitations?

British Couples Flying to US For Banned Baby Sex Selectionby Stephen Adams, Telegraph [UK]August 28th, 2012Dozens of couples are flying to the US every year to choose the sex of their babies, a practice banned in Britain three years ago.

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