Category : science

by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago

Significant Digits For Friday, Nov. 16, 2018

You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2.4 million empty manufacturing jobs According to a new report from the consulting firm Deloitte, there will be 4.6 million American manufacturing jobs to fill i...

by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago

Home DNA tests doom anonymity for sperm, egg donors

All Ryan Kramer had to do was to swab his cheek and embark on nine days of genealogical research to identify his biological father, a man who thought he would remain anonymous when he donated his sperm and never took a DNA test himself. The year was...