Home sweet microbe: Dust in your house can predict geographic region, gender of occupants
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 08:20
in Earth & Climate
The humble dust collecting in the average American household harbors a teeming menagerie of bacteria and fungi, and as researchers have discovered, it may be able to predict not only the geographic region of a given home, but the gender ratio of the occupants and the presence of a pet as well.