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TechWire ⚡ @techwire@social.gamefan.net · Aug 07, 2026
ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-increases-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-the-moon-and-the-ai-backlash-grows/ #ICE #DNA #Privacy #AIBacklash #FBI #Technology [Wired]
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Sudo Sudo Sudo ⒶⒺⓋ @Prometheus@infosec.exchange · Aug 03, 2026
Scientists Mapped the DNA History of Every Race on Earth — One Doesn't Fit. #race #dna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25KWvIONL4
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Mark @paka@mastodon.scot · Jul 31, 2026

Stop scanning us all with facial recognition

#FacialRecognition is out of control in the #UK and there are no clear #laws in place to protect our #privacy.

Unlike #CCTV, facial recognition doesn’t just record what you do:

We must stop this ...

#DemocracyNOW #privacy #Orwell #Dystopia #oppression #PoliceState #HumanRights #HumanTracking #FreedomLost

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AnySci - Wissenschaft für Jedermann @anysci@mastodon.de · Jul 30, 2026
DNA auf Höhlenwänden Alte DNA wird heute häufig aus archäologischen Funden wie Knochen, Zähnen oder Sedimenten gewonnen. Dass sie jedoch über Jahrtausende direkt an Höhlenwänden erhalten bleiben kann, galt bislang als äußerst unwahrscheinlich. Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat aber nun genau das nachgewiesen. Im Rahmen des Projekts „First Art“ untersuchten die Forschenden Höhlen mit prähistorischer Felskunst in Spanien und Portugal. Mithilfe moderner DNA-Analysen analysierten sie sowohl bemalte als auch unbemalte Bereiche der Höhlenwände. Dabei fanden sie an mehreren Stellen alte menschliche DNA, die mindestens 2.000 Jahre alt ist, vermutlich aber deutlich älter. Besonders bemerkenswert war, dass einige Proben ausschließlich menschliche, jedoch keine tierische DNA enthielten. Das spricht dafür, dass das Erbgut durch direkten Kontakt an die Höhlenwand gelangte, wie über Schweiß, Speichel oder Hautzellen. Die Forschenden konnten sogar erste genetische Informationen gewinnen. So ließen sich unter anderem das biologische Geschlecht einzelner Personen und ihre genetische Zugehörigkeit zu frühen westeuropäischen Jäger- und Sammlerpopulationen bestimmen. Die eigentliche Bedeutung der Studie geht jedoch weit darüber hinaus. Höhlenwände könnten sich als eine völlig neue Quelle alter DNA erweisen. Da DNA an mineralische Oberflächen binden und dort über sehr lange Zeiträume geschützt erhalten bleiben kann, lassen sich unter günstigen Bedingungen selbst nach Jahrtausenden noch genetische Spuren nachweisen. Künftig könnte so untersucht werden, welche Menschen eine Höhle nutzten, wie weit sie in Höhlensysteme vordrangen oder welche Bevölkerungsgruppen dort lebten. Hierfür müssen die Methoden allerdings noch weiter verbessert werden. Quelle: Bossoms Mesa et al. (2026), Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74234-2 #anthropologie #mpi #menschen #wissenschaft #dna #wissenschaftskommunikation #anysci
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Ele Willoughby, PhD @minouette@spore.social · Jul 25, 2026
Happy birthday Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958), #chemist & x-ray #crystallographer whose x-ray diffraction images were instrumental to discovering double-helix structure of #DNA, made important contributions to #carbon & #virus research, was 1 of the great scientists of the 20th century.⁠ ⁠ Watson’s bio lead some to (inaccurately) joke, “What did Watson and Crick discover?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes.” While it’s important 🧵1/ #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #histsci #mastoArt #sciart
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Lynn McAlister UE :mstdn: @lmgenealogy@mstdn.ca · Jul 20, 2026
I was talking with a doctor last week about my early fascination with #genetics (due to a documentary I saw decades ago about the search for the genetic basis of Huntington's). I said that if I had been scientifically minded, I would probably have pursued a career in genetics. The doctor said it could be argued that, by becoming a #genealogist, in a sense I did exactly that. Hadn't thought of it that way. I just ended up studying how genes are passed down rather than how they go wrong. #genealogy #geneadons #dna
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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist@archaeo.social · Jul 18, 2026
Here’s a reminder about one of the most important results of the past fourteen years of ancient DNA research. Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It’s a 1492 event. Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren’t the original inhabitants of North America. But we aren’t even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe. #archaeology #dna #migration
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The New Oil @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org · Jul 17, 2026
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PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology@fediscience.org · Jul 16, 2026
DNA G-quadruplexes are dynamic four-stranded #DNA knots that may control genes, protect genomes, and drive disease, yet are poorly understood. This Unsolved Mystery by Irene Gallina & Sara Richter investigates their origins and functions. https://plos.io/4aXJXNC
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026
One of the original Crick &Watson DNA molecular models is up for auction 😲🤷‍♂️ https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/history-of-science-technology-2/dna #DNA #Auction #MolecularModel
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Dawn Piercy, PhD aka ANEW Dawn @dpiercyphd@genealysis.social · Jul 03, 2026
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indigoprivacy @indigoprivacy@infosec.exchange · Jul 08, 2026
23andMe will pay $46.75M to settle its 2023 breach, which exposed the DNA and personal data of 6.9 million people. The hack used reused passwords. Unlike a password, you can't reset your DNA, and after its bankruptcy the database passed to new owners. #23andMe #DNA #databreach #indigoprivacy
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heise online @heiseonline@social.heise.de · Jul 08, 2026
Opfer des 23andme-Datenlecks erhalten Millionen-Entschädigung Die Opfer des Datenlecks bei 23andme erhalten eine Entschädigung von über 40 Millionen US-Dollar. https://www.heise.de/news/Opfer-des-23andme-Datenlecks-erhalten-Millionen-Entschaedigung-11357713.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #Datenleck #DNA #Insolvenz #Wirtschaft #news
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indigoprivacy @indigoprivacy@infosec.exchange · Jul 07, 2026
Police have used genealogy DNA databases including GEDmatch to identify criminal suspects, implicating relatives who never consented to law enforcement use. #privacy #DNA #genetics #indigoprivacy
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Scientific American @scientific_american@robot.villas · Jul 02, 2026
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The-14 Media @The14@mastodon.world · Jun 15, 2026
Boosted by Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
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Flipboard Science Desk @ScienceDesk@flipboard.social · May 01, 2026
J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79. "Venter, who served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam, said the experience taught him how fragile life could be and made him curious about how the trillions of cells in the human body conspire to create and maintain life." @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/XbQ7Qt #Science #Genetics #DNA #Medicine
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kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 21, 2026
Replying to @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai in fact #CableTheft at #DeutscheBahn is so rampant that they nowadays #DNA-marker the cable jackets and #Isotope-marker the #Copper in it (like #Euro|cent coins because they exceed their material value and the ECB &) DB wants to prevent people from just melting them and selling it ot to scrap merchants. in fact many #CableThieves got arrested at scrap dealers when they tried to sell the stolen cables to said scrapyard as the operators called the police when they found out.
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G4Media 📰 @G4Media@mastodon.world · Feb 23, 2026
Interviurile candidaților pentru ⚖️#ParchetulGeneral. Marius Voineag: Propun schimb de bune practici de la #DNA. Cristina Chiriac: E nevoie de leadership vizibil. Bogdan Pîrlog: Am pierdut încrederea opiniei publice, promovările în magistratură sunt ridicole. 🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5748 #Știri #România
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G4Media 📰 @G4Media@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Avem un erou: Marius Voineag, șeful #DNA. Ce facem cu el? 🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-54i4 #Știri #România
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