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The modern, molecular hunt for the world's biodiversity

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageNew forms of life are discovered in high-tech ways that leave yesterday's natural history collections in the dust.Detective image via www.shutterstock.com.

The news is full of announcements about newly discovered forms of life. This fall, we learned of a 30,000-year-old giant virus found in frozen Siberia. Until now, known viruses have contained so...

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