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Sticky spider-web traps are promising non-invasive and cheap tools for terrestrial vertebrate monitoring.

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Environmental RNA Reveals Heat Stress in Water Fleas

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Scientists ID Dozens of Plants, Animals from Free-Floating DNA

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Environmental DNA Sequencing: Lessons from Ancient and Modern Environments

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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