Today we're wrapping up our series looking at different parts of forensic science by investigating forensic anthropology. You might have seen the show "Bones" where Dr. Temperance Brennan uses forensic anthropology to solve crimes with Seeley Booth. We talked with Dr. Todd Fenton to see how similar reality is to fiction and what the work … Continue reading Forensics: Anthropology
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Forensic Science: Chemistry
This week we move onto another part of forensic science- chemistry. This discipline looks at most of the non-DNA analysis that goes on at crime scenes. This week we're talking to Dr. Ruth Smith from Michigan State University to learn about what a forensic chemist does, how they identify different samples, and the research that … Continue reading Forensic Science: Chemistry
Forensic Science: DNA
After a break for the holidays, we are back! We're excited to kick off our 2020 episodes with a new series. For the next three episodes, we're going to look at what goes into forensic science. Many of us have watched Bones, Law & Order, or NCIS. The high-tech labs, the lightning-fast diagnostics, and the … Continue reading Forensic Science: DNA
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