Anne Wojcicki (23andMe founder) Janet Wojcicki (paediatrics professor) and Susan Wojcicki (YouTube CEO) have risen to the top of their fields. Photo / Getty Images
The New Zealand Herald is bringing back some of the best stories of 2019 from our premium international syndicators, including The New York Times, Financial Times, The Times of London and Harvard Business Review.
Thisafternoon we look at how to raise high-flying children, 50 years of Sesame Street music, the young refugee taking on Elon Musk, DNA solving cold cases and the joy of pasta all'amatriciana.
Secret of success: Esther Wojcicki on how she raised three world-beating children
Esther Wojcicki is the mother of three wildly successful women: Susan, 50, her eldest, was employee No 16 at Google and since 2014 has been the chief executive of YouTube. Her younger sister Anne, 45, founded the in-home genetics testing company 23andMe. Janet, 48, the middle sister, is a professor of paediatrics at the renowned medical school of the University of California, San Francisco.
Nine years ago, on the streets of Zagreb, there was a drag race. One of the participants was driving the new Tesla Roadster. The other car was a 26-year-old BMW, driven by a Bosnian-born former refugee, who only converted it to electricity because he could not afford to put in a new petrol engine.
We know what happened to Elon Musk. What about the man who beat him, Mate Rimac?
Sooner or later your cousin's DNA is going to solve a killing
In the year since the arrest of the man believed to be the notorious Golden State Killer, the world of criminal investigation has been radically transformed.
Using an unconventional technique that relies on DNA submitted to online genealogy sites, investigators have solved dozens of violent crimes, in many cases decades after they hit dead ends.
I first encountered amatriciana in 1976, shortly after I had come to live in Rome. Ever since, I have been preparing the dish at home according to the recipe in Marcella Hazan's The Classic Italian Cook Book.