This week! We are looking at how the fake life science in the 1997 sleeper cult classic Gattaca is starting to become more real life. Scientists (and maybe cops) are using DNA found in the world to make assumptions about populations of animals and maybe one day populations of murders. This will surely end well!

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Sources: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/environmental-dna-sampling.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/health/covid-sewage-wastewater-data.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/environmental-dna-sampling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2023-06-edna-comprehensive-picture-wildlife-southern.amp?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe

https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2023-06-edna-insect-pollinators-avocado.amp?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe