DNA evidence, with its high-tech luster, often grabs all the headlines. But latent prints, that old-fashioned staple of forensic science, are still a cornerstone of criminal investigations.

Body farms are facilities where corpses are placed in a variety of environments and scenarios to study how they decompose. This research can help forensic scientists and police figure out what has ...

Competition for work in this field can be intense. However, if you have a strong desire to shape the world of justice by using science to solve crime puzzles, then a career in forensic science could ...

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In 1992, forensic anthropologist Mercedes (Mimi) Doretti (pictured above, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1980s) traveled to El Salvador as part of a U.N.-sponsored team to investigate the 1981 El ...

On the 24th, forensic officials transported the body of Joshua Yan, the gunman who died by suicide, from the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, ...

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A recent joint study between Linköping University and the Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology of the ...

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Investigators are turning to a forensic expert after a body found in Somerset proved too decomposed to identify. Authorities ...

There’s a lot of mystery in “Forensic Files,” but not too much behind the decision by the cable network that airs the series to keep it going longer. CNN has renewed its license with the long-running ...