Content on Are We More Than Our Genes?

Content on Are We More Than Our Genes?

Has nature endowed us with a capacity for altruism? Should we be allowed to determine our children’s eye color? What happens when humans can easily “play God”?

These are a few of the questions that this Sinai and Synapses Discussion Forum explores.

The Family Gene

When it comes to rare diseases, it’s the loneliness that gets you. But there are many more stories just like ours.
This Week in Genetics and Religion

This Week in Genetics and Religion – 6/30/15

Why DNA evidence is not so precise, the neuroscience of belief, and a thought experiment about immortal atheists — here’s what’s new in genetics and religion this week.
This Week in Genetics and Religion

This Week in Genetics and Religion – 6/23/15

Using genes to identify children with learning disabilities, what it means for humans to be “99% chimp,” and why Caitlyn Jenner angered fundamentalists — here’s what’s new in genetics and religion this week.
Genes and Religion

This Week in Genetics and Religion – 6/15/15

Whether GMO’s are kosher, Morgan Freeman’s new documentary on God and the brain, and how toddlers learn right from wrong — here’s what’s new in genetics and religion this week.

This Week in Genetics and Religion – 6/8/15

How parents’ lives affect their descendants’ DNA, why some emotions are hardwired, and a new way to think about the evolutionary history of humans — here’s what’s new in genetics and religion this week.
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