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Forensic science
June 2024
Botanist tells how nettles helped solve Soham murders
Patricia Wiltshire reveals how her forensic knowledge helped secure the conviction of Ian Huntley for the 2002 murders
April 2024
Andrew Malkinson says improved DNA tests could have spared him years in jail
Exclusive:
rollout of fresh testing for contested rape and murder convictions ‘should have happened a decade ago’, Malkinson says
March 2024
Forensic spray using jellyfish protein could speed up fingerprint detection
Dyes based on the fluorescent proteins are also water-soluble and low-toxicity so could replace solvents
November 2023
From the Guardian archive
Piltdown Man remains exposed as fake – archive, 1953
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James Zoro obituary
October 2023
Forensic teams still working to identify bodies 10 days after Hamas massacres
Queensland to open fresh inquiry into forensic DNA testing as compromised cases rise to nearly 40,000
September 2023
Andrew Malkinson case shows importance of securely stored scientific evidence
DNA evidence examined three years after his false conviction for rape in 2004 was vital in exonerating him
August 2023
Ötzi the iceman had receding hairline and dark skin tone, study reveals
Rape, DNA and injustice: a timeline of the Andrew Malkinson case
July 2023
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: Bring up the bodies: the retired couple who find drowning victims – podcast
Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts
April 2023
How a UK missing persons charity solves cold cases using expert volunteers
Locate International, founded by a retired detective, has one ultimate goal: to investigate every cold case in the UK
December 2022
Science Weekly
Exploded heads and missing fingers: Dame Sue Black on her most memorable cases
Queensland DNA lab to be ‘rebuilt from ground up’ after damning report, government says
October 2022
Crime scene forensic samples deemed ‘insufficient’ showed ‘usable’ profiles in 2020, Queensland DNA inquiry hears
Scientist Alicia Quartermain concerned evidence may have been omitted from criminal cases
Queensland lab could have tested more DNA samples from crime scenes for less than $1m, inquiry hears
Health official given ‘disingenuous’ representation of impact of changing thresholds, forensic testing inquiry hears
Science, justice and revelations from Queensland’s inquiry into forensic DNA testing
Advocates fear victims of crime are being left in the dark over alleged failures at a government lab
September 2022
Queensland lab failed to identify DNA from nine semen samples in rape case, inquiry told
Queensland lab refused to test thousands of rape and murder evidence samples, inquiry told
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