This is how I -- a journalism graduate student with no background in forensics -- became certified as a "Forensic Consultant" by one of the field's largest professional groups. One afternoon early ...

Television crime dramas like “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and its many spin-offs have fostered the popular belief that forensic science, or the use of science to solve crimes, is infallible. Yet, ...

Forensic science is critical to an effective justice system, which in turn is a pillar of a civil society. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes chemistry as a foundational and integral ...

With a decade of forensic experience and degrees in microbiology and biochemistry, Warrant Officer Hlayisani Mnisi is helping turn crime-scene evidence into answers for investigators and victims ...

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