Is Genetic Testing Overrated?

For decades Russia and Japan have been locked in a dispute over the Kuril Islands, which sit between Hokkaido in Northern Japan and Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. At the end of World War Two, the island chain was annexed by the Soviet Union, who deported around 17,000 Japanese res ...  Show more

The balance of power in the world is changing. The United States and China continue to be the dominant forces in international affairs, but other countries are looking for new ways to protect their interests and shape events on the global stage.Countries often described as middle ...  Show more

An at-home DNA test kit reveals a horrifying truth. But who has the right to tell the story? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Adam Navis and Liz Waid look at genetic ancestry testing. Would you take a test to discover where your family was from? What if you learned something you did not like?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spotlight-english--4065149/support.Check out ...  Show more

Race is a social construct — so why are DNA test kits like the ones from 23andMe coded like they reveal biological fact about the user's racial makeup? This episode, Short Wave Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber talks to anthropologist Agustín Fuentes about the limits of at- ...  Show more

In this episode Benny and Mal think about why knowing more about our DNA might be a good thing. Knowing which health issues we might suffer from would mean we could be prepared. But what if we learned we would face many horrible diseases – do we really want to know what the futur ...  Show more