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This Week in Forensic Science
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
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...
History of DNA
Tomorrow is DNA Day! To celebrate, we’ve put together a history of DNA throughout the years. Keep reading to see how far the field has come! Written by: Tara Lut...
This Week in Forensic Science
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...
Mindfulness for the Forensic Practitioner
Amy Jeanguenat, Principal Consultant at Mindgen, describes what mindfulness is and how it can help a person to manage their stress, improve their decision making skills, and m...
Emoji in the Courtroom? How Technology is Creating New Challenges
According to TechCrunch, the average person spent 300 minutes per day on their smartphone in 2017. Beyond that, over 1,661 billion text messages were sent in 2016 in the US al...
This Week in Forensic Science
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...
How a Magazine Ad Helped Convict a Rapist
In May of 1986, a woman in Orange County, Florida, was surprised by a man who entered her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. Despite the fact that she got a glimpse of his...
Matching a Suspect to a Crime Scene Using Molecular and Microbial Traces
If we know that humans leave behind chemical and microbial traces in an environment, and we also know that these traces are unique to each human based on their lifestyle choic...