The accidental discovery of a heat-loving microbe in a Wyoming hot spring became the hidden foundation for modern forensic science and genetic testing. The post A microbe scooped from a Yellowstone hot spring in the 1960s quietly changed the world — the heat-proof enzyme inside it made modern DNA testing possible, which means most DNA evidence in criminal cases and nearly every genetic test in use today traces back to a bug that lives in near-boiling water appeared first on Space Daily .