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Forensic science

Forensic science

We’re Learning More About the Contents of that Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

8/21/18 12:15PM

Fingerprint Analysis Could Finally Get Scientific, Thanks to a New Tool

Nicole Wetsman

Privacy and Security

Privacy and Security

Cops in Wales Caught a Drug Dealer by IDing His Fingerprint From a WhatsApp Photo

Most Forensic Science Is Bogus. Will New Federal Rules Help?

Nicole Wetsman

Forensic Scientist Claims to Have Solved the Amelia Earhart Mystery

Jack the Ripper Letters Were Fake News, Linguistic Analysis Suggests

A Deer Was Caught Gnawing on Human Remains and the End Is Nigh

The First Time We Used Cosmetics To Catch a Murderer

Esther Inglis-Arkell

12/25/15 4:00PM

How You Could Fool a Forensic Test with Flour and Yeast

Esther Inglis-Arkell

11/30/15 2:45PM

Scare Yourself With Science: Here's How to Sniff Out Bodies in Shallow Graves

Esther Inglis-Arkell

10/30/15 5:20PM

This New Steam Technology Beats Luminol at Detecting Blood at Crime Scenes

Esther Inglis-Arkell

10/23/15 3:25PM

In 1948, the First Mass Fingerprinting Operation Snagged a Horrific Child Killer

10/20/15 1:11PM

A Hundred Years After This Man's Death Scientists Confirmed He Was Murdered

Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Problem With Those DNA-Based Mugshots

Adam Clark Estes

2/24/15 12:45PM

Rapists Could Be Identified With The Bacteria On Their Pubic Hair

Robbie Gonzalez

12/17/14 4:40PM

The Indelible Feud Over Who Invented Fingerprinting

Esther Inglis-Arkell

10/13/14 12:44PM

Forensic artist "reconstructs" face of Crystal Head skull vodka bottles

2/17/14 12:40PM

Hidden faces can be found by zooming into hi-res photos of eyes

12/30/13 11:40AM

Awesome Forensic Technique Could Reveal Outlaw's True Resting Place

Robbie Gonzalez

11/12/13 12:45PM

Science makes it difficult for racists to be racist

10/24/13 1:30PM

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