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Tara Luther
This Week in Forensic Science
May 18 2018
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
The Killer of Little Shepherds
May 15 2018
Douglas Starr, Professor of Science Journalism at Boston University, tells the story of the people who invented forensic science, the first criminal profile, and the first ser...
This Week in Forensic Science
May 10 2018
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Using Sweat to Determine the Number of Contributors?
May 08 2018
Since 1986, when the first criminal case was solved through the use of DNA fingerprinting in the UK, investigating crimes became a little easier. DNA has become a common, and ...
This Week in Forensic Science
May 04 2018
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Raised as Paul Fronczak, Genetic Genealogy Uncovers His True Identity
May 03 2018
Paul Fronczak spent his life wondering if he was a baby who’d been kidnapped from a Chicago hospital. As an adult, DNA tests confirmed that detectives had gotten it wrong. C...
Orchestrating the Genome: Final Thoughts for #HumanGenomeMonth
May 01 2018
Recently I wrote about the completion of the human genome sequencing project and the promise, problems and questions that the project has generated in the last decade and a ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Apr 27 2018
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
The Age of the Genome: Commercial DNA Sequencing, Familial Searching and What We Are Learning
Apr 26 2018
There are 3 billion (3,000,000,000) bases in my genome—in each of the cells of my body. Likewise, Johanna, the writer who sits next to me at work also has 3 billion bases in...