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It's Time To Treat Crime Forensics Like Real Science
Flickr/Vince AlongiJohn McCormick, a 63-year-old cab driver, was on his porch the morning of July 26, 1978, when he was robbed and shot dead. His wife, awakened by the commotion, reported that she saw...
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Using DNA Forensics To Track Elephant Poachers
Older elephants with larger tusks are becoming rarer due to their ivory.Muhammad Mahdi Karim, CC BY-SAThe shocking news that Satao, the much-loved African Elephant who lived in Kenya’s Tsavo East...
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Gut Microbes Take Over Your Body When You Die
Catching Killers With Gut MicrobesVia Scottsdale Community CollegeYou have around 100 trillion bacteria living in your gut — and that’s a good thing. Known as gut flora or the gut microbiome, these...
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Voice Identification Likely Used To Identify ISIS Terrorist
FBI HeadquartersAude via Wikimedia CommonsOver the past few months, the terrorist group ISIS has shocked the world with the release of numerous violent videos, many of which prominently feature a...
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Pubic Bacteria May Help Catch Sexual Assaulters
Each microbiome is a snowflake. "Invisible Worlds" by MJ Richardson via geograph.org.uk.For decades, DNA testing has been the standard test used to identify sexual assaulters. Authorities try to gather...
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Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes
Estimate and RealityParabon NanoLabs, Inc.This winter, a biotechnology company began offering a whole new service to police departments. Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot service allows police...
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Researchers Can Tell Twins Apart Because Of Environmental Changes To DNA
TwinsDreamstimeEven identical twins aren't exactly identicalIn late 2012, a man raped six women in the south of France. DNA evidence led officials to two suspects, a pair of twins. The victims...
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Telltale Bacteria From Criminals' Guts Could Crack Cases
Colorful E. colivia WikimediaWe as humans have a lot of characteristics that make us easy to distinguish from one another, such as the details in our fingerprints, eyes, and hair. Research over the...
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Murder Suspect Identified By DNA Left On Pizza Crust
Cheese pizza, extra DNA.Lppa via Wikimedia CommonsIn what has been called an “act of evil,” four people were murdered on May 14 in a mansion in Washington, D.C. At first glance, the crime appeared to...
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DNA Evidence Is Not Foolproof
A Customs and Border Patrol agent looks at a product's DNA to determine its origin.CBP via Wikimedia CommonsSince it made its courtroom debut in the mid-1980s, DNA evidence has been integral to...
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To Catch A Bomb-Maker
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) rose by 70 percent between 2011 and 2013; 66 countries suffered attacks, some on a near-daily basis.Brian KlutchThe insurgent began with a cordless...
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Scientists Are Lifting Fingerprints Left By People Hundreds Of Years Ago
Justin Henry/FlickrWax SealWax seals have largely fallen out of favor today, but in Medieval times, they were everywhere, used as an official signature on all kinds of important documents.But in...
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Thanatomicrobiome: Microbial Life After Death
From Our Blogs: Under The Microscope Researchers are gaining insight from post-mortem microbial interactions In higher order organisms, death opens up a new stage of life for microbes. Now researchers...
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Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes
Science But can it work well enough to generate reliable leads? This winter, a biotechnology company began offering a whole new service to police departments. This winter, a biotechnology company...
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Researchers Can Tell Twins Apart Because Of Environmental Changes To DNA
Science It's all about the methyls In late 2012, a man raped six women in the south of France. DNA evidence led officials to two suspects, a pair of twins. The victims recognized the men, but couldn’t...
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Telltale Bacteria From Criminals' Guts Could Crack Cases
Health Microbiome provides a unique, enduring "fingerprint" We as humans have a lot of characteristics that make us easy to distinguish from one another, such as the details in our fingerprints, eyes,...
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Murder Suspect Identified By DNA Left On Pizza Crust
Science Behold the power of modern pizza forensics In what has been called an “act of evil,” four people were murdered on May 14 in a mansion in Washington, D.C. At first glance, the crime appeared to...
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DNA Evidence Is Not Foolproof
Science Believing it blindly could put the wrong people in jail Since it made its courtroom debut in the mid-1980s, DNA evidence has been integral to thousands of cases (including, famously, the OJ...
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To Catch A Bomb-Maker
Military This is the story of a little-known FBI forensics lab and how it changed the war on terror The insurgent began with a cordless phone—one of the knockoffs of a Chinese-built Senao so popular...
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Scientists Are Lifting Fingerprints Left By People Hundreds Of Years Ago
Science Ye Olde Crime Scene Investigation Wax seals have largely fallen out of favor today, but in Medieval times, they were everywhere, used as an official signature on all kinds of important...
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