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By using neural radiance fields, a team of researchers have developed a technique to render a 3D scene of what's reflected in your eye.

Eye Spy

Wild TV forensics are starting to look more plausible.

Scientists Reconstruct What You're Looking at by Enhancing Reflection in Your Eye

Scientists have figured out a way to retrieve tiny traces of human genetic material called environmental DNA (eDNA) from thin air.

Air DNA

Genetics

"This gives a powerful new tool to authorities."

Experts Alarmed by Tech That Identifies Human DNA Floating in Air

Police have made an arrest in the University of Idaho murder case, using "public genealogy databases" to link the alleged killer's DNA to the crime scene.

New Tools

Using genealogy databases to solve high-profile crimes is becoming standard.

Police Say They Used Genealogy Database to Arrest Idaho Murder Suspect

Cats, ever the mischievous and frisky pets, may be harboring a lot more human DNA than once thought, possibly tampering crime scenes, a new study says.

Confounding Cats

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but maybe a cat's curiosity could also implicate the wrong killer.

Cats May Be Tampering With Crime Scenes, Scientists Say

A research facility that studies how cadavers decompose had a break in of hungry feral cats, which actually gave forensics experts new insights and tools.

Body Farm

"Both cats showed preference for bodies in relatively early decomposition."

Feral Cats Break Into Research Facility, Eat Human Cadavers

After photographing dead bodies for 17 months, scientists at a body farm made a greusome discovery: decomposing corpses wriggle around as they dry up.

Monster Mash

Developments

Scientists photographed a corpse for 17 months so you don't have to.

Horrifying Study: Corpses Thrash Around For a Year After Death

Engineers built a new tool that matches DNA samples to specific faces from a database that could be linked to the specific genes found in the sample.

Guess Who

It's a powerful new crimefighting tool, but a terrifying way to subvert privacy.

Terrifying AI Matches DNA to Facial Recognition Databases

An AI system can scan photos of child trafficking victims in hotel rooms and determine where they were taken based on the furniture in the room.

Crowdsourced Forensics

"Here's what a headboard looks like if it's from this hotel."

Scientists Are Using AI to Find Hotel Rooms Being Used for Child Sex Trafficking

Finding a person's DNA at a crime scene isn't the "smoking gun" it was once considered to be.

Bad DNA Tests Are Getting Innocent People Convicted

People may have been inaccurately convicted. This is a problem. 

Two Forensic DNA Analysis Techniques Are Under Fire for Serious Inaccuracies

You Can Now Identify a Person's Sex Based On Fingerprints

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