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You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

A casual stroll on the beach can leave enough intact DNA behind to extract identifiable information. Comezora/Moment via Getty Images Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and ...
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Old military air samples hid climate change, scientists find

Decades-old air samples once collected for military surveillance have turned out to be an accidental time capsule of climate change. By extracting DNA from those vials, scientists have reconstructed ...
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Researchers Detect DNA in Air Samples

Scientists have shown that it's possible to assess what organisms might be living in a particular habitat by collecting samples and looking for so-called environmental DNA (eDNA). Organisms shed their ...
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You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

Jessica Alice Farrell received funding from the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center d/b/a Friends of Gumbo Limbo (a 501c3 non-profit organization) through a generous donation through their Graduate Research ...