Anyone who watches television has a certain picture of forensic science. It may play out a little differently on CSI, NCIS or Bones, but the basics are the same. The forensic team arrives at a crime ...

Students in Santa Maria High School's forensic science classes recently gained hands-on experience with equipment utilized to identify, document, collect and preserve physical evidence at a crime ...

A ’forensic diplomat’ is one way to describe Michael Pollanen, the new president of the World Congress of the International Association of Forensic Sciences. The U of T professor is passionate about ...

NPR's Christopher Joyce explains how medical examiners at the Pentagon, the Pennsylvania crash site and in New York are approaching the grim task of matching body parts to identities. Remains from the ...

The new technique uses a machine learning tool to match prints from different digits belonging to the same person, but forensic scientists disagree on its utility. When you purchase through links on ...

Polygraph (cardio-pneumo-psychograph); 1921. Gift of City of Berkeley Police Department. Photo by Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...

Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They're often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in ...