Genetic Mysteries

No Prints Left Behind: Understanding Adermatoglyphia and Ectodermal Dysplasia Have you ever felt the frustration of being unable to unlock your smartphone at the airport security checkpoint? Or maybe you've struggled with a state-required background check, only to have the scanner fail to read your fingerprints repeatedly? If so, you are not alone. For some individuals, this issue isn't just about dry skin or a faulty scanner. It's a rare condition known as Adermatoglyphia. T

The Microbiome Fingerprint is your invisible signature This invisible trail is bacteria left behind on your hands. It can and will identify you. You've learned that your physicla fingerprint is a unique marker, created by the interworkings of your DNA and your environment in the womb. But what if we told you that your hand holds a second entirely unique signature.

The world's most reliable ID. Let's begin by unraveling the invisible science of your fingerprint ridges. Have you ever stopped to wonder why? What makes those unassuming ridges so powerful that they are guaranteed to be unique for every human being on the planet?

The identical twin problem forces the legal system to admit that the "perfect" genetic ID is fallible, requiring old-school detective work to resolve a futuristic problem. View the Shocking full documentary of Baton Rouge Serial Killer Derrick Todd Lee, an African American Serial Killer, sentenced to death row two years later. He died 12 years later in prison and never confesed to the crimes.