Author: Rene Ebersole

Rene Ebersole is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist writing for a wide variety of outlets, including National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Marshall Project, Mother Jones, and Audubon. She is a senior contributor at Undark.

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Society

Tracking Cheetahs: A Fight Against Illegal Trafficking

Cute cheetah cubs basking in the warm weather.
Cute cheetah cubs basking in the warm weather. Slavek Ruta/ZUMA

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade.

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Future

eDNA, The Cutting-Edge Tech That Could Help Identify Those Lost At Sea

eDNA, The Cutting-Edge Tech That Could Help Identify Those Lost At Sea
Scientists from WHOI are testing a new technique that analyzes trace amounts of genetic material in seawater, called environmental DNA (eDNA) Evan Kovacs and Calvin Mires WHOI/Linkedin

Researchers are testing eDNA as a tool to locate lost soldiers’ remains. Can the approach one day help solve crimes?

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