Tag: Forensic

Held down and forced to swallow Novichok… That’s the most likely explanation for the death of the heroic Alexei Navalny, concludes DAVID JONES following a forensic investigation that suggests Putin’s goons were at the scene of the crime

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During the depths of winter, just a handful of flights land each day at Salekhard airport, inside the Russian Arctic Circle.

As temperatures plunge below -30c and semi-permanent darkness shrouds the bleak tundra landscape, few outsiders willingly venture there. Among them are oligarchs, who make the three-hour trip from Moscow on private jets to hunt for reindeer and wolverine.

Unwilling arrivals are brought by cattle-class train, a journey that takes 45 hours, and decanted at FKU IK-3, otherwise known as

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We have the weirdest medical jobs – and you’ve probably never heard of them: From the forensic dentist who identifies bodies by looking at their teeth to the ear physio…

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Every day, millions of people are at work in the NHS and private sector with the responsibility of improving our health in some way.

While many of these jobs are known to us, there’s also a host of obscure roles that not only make a huge difference to patients’ lives, but are fascinating, too.

We asked experts working in very different areas of healthcare to reveal what they do on a daily basis.

From identifying victims of mass disasters by

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9 Well-Known Forensic Techniques That Are Actually Junk Science

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Most of us won’t be on the jury of a forensics-based trial or be accused of a crime, but for those that are, and for those who regularly watch true crime documentaries, it should be known that many of the forensic techniques we grew up hearing about are not actually accurate.

Earlier this year, ProPublica published an article that included a list of things to look out for when determining whether forensic analysis is sound science or junk science. The

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Our forensic Q&A on the AstraZeneca jab

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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine undoubtedly saved millions of lives. But, for some, the jab proved a source of despair. 

Millions of Brits rolled up their sleeves when called to get the vaccine in the hope of protecting themselves, vulnerable loved ones and society as a whole from the virus as it swept the country. 

In comparison to rival vaccines which used pioneering mRNA technology, the more traditional, Oxford University-designed shot was cheaper and easier to store.

But the historic roll-out was

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Forensic expert slams the UK’s failure to set up a human ‘body farm’

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A forensic expert has condemned the UK’s failure to establish its first ever human ‘body farm’ where people donate their corpses for forensic research.  

John Cassella, a professor of forensic science at Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland, is a passionate advocate for body farms, officially known as ‘human taphonomy facilities’.

Body farms are outdoor laboratories where scientific research is carried out on human bodies donated by their owners prior to death.

How exactly the bodies affect surrounding vegetation as

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