From a hot dog topped with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to juicy birria tacos, Idaho Statesman reporter Shaun Goodwin went through the laborious task of sampling each new item and ranking them.
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Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Aug. 2026
This project reminded my students and me that biodiversity monitoring by sampling DNA in the environment doesn’t just reveal what species are present.
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