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Fatal stabbings are the leading cause of homicide in countries with restricted access to firearms, including Australia. New research could help solve these cases.
You can’t tape off an entire ocean. But ‘aquatic forensics’ is an emerging field, with techniques borrowed from archaeology, marine biology and more.
As a forensic scientist who has worked at thousands of homicide, sexual assault and serious crime scenes, I can tell you the process is not as straightforward as depicted on popular true crime shows.
This tool can identify cause of death by fatal lightning strike in skeletonised remains.
The vastly differing environment would need a whole new approach to disposing of dead bodies.
Not much is known about the pathology of trauma of black mamba bites – that is, what the black mamba’s toxin does, physically, inside a victim’s system.
Forensic scientists are trained to disprove claims. This sort of thinking is useful when you’re trying to make sense of “miracle cures”, “wonder drugs” and other fantastic claims.
The discovery of Richard III’s skeletal remains under a car park in Leicester revealed the final resting place of the last English monarch to die in battle. We know that he was killed at the Battle of…
Hopefully the southern Australian heatwave is coming to an end – for now. But for health-care providers and death investigators, such as me, the fallout will continue for some time to come. It’s unclear…
Pulling bullets out of homicide victims makes up part of my job as a forensic pathologist, but not the most interesting part. No, I love a head-scratcher. Dead for no clear reason is the real whodunit…
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Senior Specialist, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Bath
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Lecturer, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Dean of Health & Life Sciences + Professor of Applied Biological Anthropology, Teesside University
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Senior Lecturer - Forensic Anthropology, Western Sydney University
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Forensic Pathologist at Monash University and Deputy Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Adjunct professor, Murdoch University
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PhD candidate, University of Cagliari, James Cook University
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Associate Professor of Osteoarchaeology, Uppsala University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University
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Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
