What We're Reading

Blog editor’s note:This #BlackHistoryMonth, 23andMe employees are discussing the resiliency and joy in the Black and African diaspora. While we reflect on the past, share and recognize Black stories and...

Blog editor’s note: This #BlackHistoryMonth, 23andMe employees are discussing the resiliency and joy in the Black and African diaspora. While we reflect on the past, share and recognize Black stories...

Blog editor’s note: This #BlackHistoryMonth, 23andMe employees are celebrating joy and resilience in the Black and African diaspora through events, art, and conversations. We’ve also curated a series of guest...

BlackHistoryMonth we’re highlighting resiliency and joy in the Black and African diaspora through a series of guest blogs. Our next blog features Nyema, an urban farming maven in Seattle, and her group Nurturing Roots that offers programs that include nature-based play for children to fitness and wellness training for adults.

23andMe content strategist Caroline Wallis reviews the book Inheritance by Dani Shaprio, a book about DNA testing, paternity, identity and the meaning of family.

This week we're reading stories about Neanderthal children, the earliest immigrants to the Americas, and about a researcher who spent decades studying Huntington's disease, the rare genetic illness that killed her mother and threatens to take her as well.

What we're reading this week includes stories about the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, rats in New York, and healthcare in the UK and US.

What we're reading this week includes a story about how scientists can glean information about you from samples of your sweat, tears, saliva, and dental plaque.

What we're reading during the week of Feburary 18, 2020 covers the coronavirus, ancient DNA, and healthy weight.

A book review of Carl Zimmer's massive new book “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity.”