Neil Hopper was celebrated for continuing to do his job despite the loss of his lower limbs. But what the people he was treating didn’t know was that his injuries were self-inflicted. Now they and the...

Avtar spent decades wondering what happened to the mother he never got to know. Thousands of miles away, Nicci was haunted by the story of a half-brother given away before she was born. How did a chat...

When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that...

When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that...

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-hus...

The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-hus...

Plus: in praise of producers

When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK

Ever wondered about your heritage and thought about taking an ancestral DNA test? Be careful what you wish for, says Jenny Kleeman.

Plus: South Park, "a work of prophetic genius"

Exposing scandals, solving mysteries and delivering life-changing news, Jenny Kleeman investigates what happens when genealogy, technology and identity collide

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From button cameras to smart glasses

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

"I just like weird stuff, and 'weird stuff' is not something that you can put on your bio"

Plus: a cuddly toy of the Ebola virus

warning: contains young Braverman

How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly conseque...

For over a year, I’ve been working on a brand new six-part documentary series for the BBC that launches tomorrow.

The Price of Life: In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides eBook : Kleeman, Jenny: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The Price of Life: In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides eBook : Kleeman, Jenny: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get...

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get...

It was only years later, when I heard the word workaholic being used seriously for the first time, that I wondered whether I had a problem

Friends of the Foundation recall their first encounters with George Orwell's masterpiece

Plus: the death of Naina Mishra

Studying in London before taking up a high-flying job in New York, Naina Mishra seemed set for a bright future – until she began retreating from friends and family into a paranoid spiral even her moth...