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

Wed, 09/06/2023 - 07:51

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

Science, news-uk, dna, colonization, Germany

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

Wed, 08/23/2023 - 13:10

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.

dna, maui, andrew martin, lahaina hawaii, john pelletier, dna profiling, julie french

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

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 13:05

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

Science, News, mammoth meatball, Woolly Mammoth, dna, lab-grown meat, elephants

How Airborne DNA Could Revolutionize Conservation

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 09:00

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.