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Burning metal satellites leave behind a cloud of pollution.

To remedy that problem, he and his collaborators developed a process for filtering intact cells out of a mixture, leaving behind eDNA genetic fragments left from dead cells in the sediment.

On-rushing defenders are more easily evaded and, moving at pace, the holes they leave behind are hard to plug.

Critics have also expressed concern about radioactive waste nuclear reactors leave behind for future generations.

The alleged assassins behind several recent murder-for-hire cases in Los Angeles were sloppy, authorities say, leaving behind a trail of evidence that links the killings to Chicago gang disputes.