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But this isn't just any ordinary bus.
Its insides are tricked out with $100,000-worth of microscopes and laboratory equipment, with scientists and school teachers scanning large monitors beaming magnified images of crustaceans - a hidden biology oasis.
The so-called BioBus is a mobile research lab and an educational tool. On this particular weekday in November, the scientists and high school teachers aboard had one mission: to identify the tiny creatures floating around the East River using their DNA.