Science News for Kids » forensics http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 American cannibals http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16940 Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Museum science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:16:08 +0000 Sharon Oosthoek http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15827 Royal Ontario Museum scientist Oliver Haddrath must wear protective clothing when working with ancient DNA. This ensures his DNA doesn’t get mixed up with the genetic material he is analyzing. Credit: Royal Ontario Museum

Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today]]> Royal Ontario Museum scientist Oliver Haddrath must wear protective clothing when working with ancient DNA. This ensures his DNA doesn’t get mixed up with the genetic material he is analyzing. Credit: Royal Ontario Museum

Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Crime scene investigators http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:29:25 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15019 The dead do tell tales — if experts care to listen. Forensic anthropologist William Bass arranges a display of how a person’s bones change year by year as we age. This information can help identify a crime victim when little else is known. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

These researchers don’t miss a clue]]> The dead do tell tales — if experts care to listen. Forensic anthropologist William Bass arranges a display of how a person’s bones change year by year as we age. This information can help identify a crime victim when little else is known. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

These researchers don’t miss a clue]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/feed/ 0 Crime-solving camera http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/crime-solving-camera/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/crime-solving-camera/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:00:44 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13743 A digital camera fitted with the right filters, like the one shown here, can detect only infrared light. The crime-fighting trick can reveal bloodstains hidden behind layers of paint. Credit: bmcent1/iStockphoto

Quick-change trick allows a digital camera to photograph blood concealed by paint]]> A digital camera fitted with the right filters, like the one shown here, can detect only infrared light. The crime-fighting trick can reveal bloodstains hidden behind layers of paint. Credit: bmcent1/iStockphoto

Quick-change trick allows a digital camera to photograph blood concealed by paint]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/crime-solving-camera/feed/ 0