They say that who you hang out with says a lot about who you are. Well, the microbes that hang out on your fingers can point to exactly who you are. Because scientists [Noah Fierera et al] at the University of Colorado in Boulder have been able to identify individuals based on the bacteria they leave behind on their computers. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . [See http://bit.ly/dCisN5 ] [More]
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