dna

Scientists thought this tiny, blind mole was extinct for over 85 years, but they were wrong

Tech Insider
An up close photo of De Winton's golden mole on sandy substrate and leaves.

Nix Souness*

Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?

Gizmodo

A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising and perhaps impossible: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ancient DNA, the molecule that holds the genetic information of living things.

Read more...

Did you have a severe case of COVID-19? Research suggests that Neanderthal genes could be to blame

Tech Insider
Neanderthal
An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his twenties. Researchers say they've found a link between those with gene variations associated with Neanderthal ancestry and severe cases of COVID-19.

Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty

African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests

Tech Insider
An ancient skull is shown in a display case.
A skull from an indigenous Namibian on display at the Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2011, which was later restituted to the Namibian government. This skull was likely from a Herero or Nami tribe-person who was killed in a brutal war with German colonizers.

John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

Hawaiian Officials Request DNA Samples From Relatives of People Missing in Maui Wildfires

Gizmodo

On Tuesday, Hawaiian officials urged family members to provide DNA samples that might help identify relatives missing from the wildfires. There are still more than 1,000 people missing after the United States deadliest wildfire in more than a century swept through Maui.

Read more...

The 'mammoth meatball' grown in a lab probably doesn't taste like woolly mammoth at all

Tech Insider
black gloved hand holds glass display over giant meatball on white table
A meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth is presented at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

How Airborne DNA Could Revolutionize Conservation

Gizmodo : Environment

Elizabeth Clare’s airborne eDNA project is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for demonstrating a way to use airborne DNA to reveal which species are present in an environment.

Read more...

Subscribe to dna