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Searching for the dead: How the Camp Fire victims were found – ABC10.com KXTV

Searching for the dead: How the Camp Fire victims were found  ABC10.com KXTV

OROVILLE, Calif. — From the beginning, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea knew that he was dealing with an extraordinarily dangerous situation. As the flames of …

Software

Cut the cr-app: BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi skewers BEST bus locator – DNA India

Cut the cr-app: BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi skewers BEST bus locator  DNA India

Civic commissioner Praveen Pardeshi became the first vocal critic of BEST’s mobile app launched last week by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, just …

DNA

Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair – The New York Times

Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair  The New York Times

Getting sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair has long been considered impossible. A scientist, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured it out.

DNA

DNA leads to arrest of “Daytona Serial Killer” suspect – WDEF News 12

DNA leads to arrest of “Daytona Serial Killer” suspect  WDEF News 12

Police in Florida have arrested a former criminal justice student they suspect to be a serial killer, linked to the murders of at least four women across the state …

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Serial killer in Daytona Beach: Suspect Robert Tyrone Hayes arrested today – CBS News

Serial killer in Daytona Beach: Suspect Robert Tyrone Hayes arrested today  CBS News

Police in Florida have arrested a former criminal justice student they suspect to be a serial killer, linked to the murders of at least four women across the state …

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Butler professor’s DNA research gets boost from NSF grant – Indianapolis Business Journal

Butler professor’s DNA research gets boost from NSF grant  Indianapolis Business Journal

Professor Alex Erkine is combining biochemistry with machine learning to try to solve an age-old riddle of how to identify and regulate problem genes.

DNA

AncestryDNA review: a great tool for budding genealogists – T3

AncestryDNA review: a great tool for budding genealogists  T3

If you’re interested in charting your family history, and connecting with living relatives as much as ones from the past, AncestryDNA is for you. From the company …