Most people have a deep intuition that a life lived clear-eyed has inherent value, independent of whether the truth makes you happy. But surely this has limits — and discovering when only a teenager that you carry a breast cancer gene that could kill you might be one of them.
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Is tilapia a human-made freak that we should avoid — or an evolutionary rockstar? 
Viewpoint: Promotion of social science drivel by Science magazine editor-in-chief Holden Thorp undermines the credibility of his preeminent journal 
How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth 
Viewpoint: Consumer Reports flunks Chemistry 101 — again — in scientifically illiterate, reckless data-manipulated claim that conventional produce poses ‘serious pesticide risks’ 
Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’ 
How prehistoric agriculture spread from the Fertile Crescent south through Africa 
What was life like for Neanderthal women? 
North Korea and bioweapons: US believes Communist dictatorship has engineered CRISPR biological weapons 
Many high-functioning psychopaths live amongst us 
Viewpoint: Here’s why the U.S. cannot afford widespread rejection of vaccines 
