A game of football can, even after the fact, generate forensic interest. A case in point: “Singular Case of Shooting a Football Fan with a Signal Rocket,” M. Kobek, K. Rygol, C. Chowaniec, A. Nowak, Forensic Science International, Volume 147, Supplement, 17 January 2005, Pages S43-S44. The authors, at the Medical University of Silesia in […]
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How forensic investigations left the kitchen
Katherine Ford, in the History of Science Centre’s blog, writes about the history and advantages of science laboratories: I came across an unnamed manuscript dated c.1859, discussing the various effects of certain solutions on worms and other small things. What caught my eye, though, was the reference to a worm, post-dunking in a chemical solution, […]
“So-called Spontaneous Human Combustion”
Some people are fascinated with the idea of spontaneous human combustion. If you’re one of those people, grab hold of a fire extinguisher and a copy of this new study: “So-called Spontaneous Human Combustion,” Thierry W. Levi-Faict and Gérald Quatrehomme, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 56, no. 5, September 2011, pp. 1334–9. (Thanks to investigator […]
Forensic Analyses of Jesus: shock, awe, whatever
A Science Now report called “Did an Unholy Trinity Kill Jesus?” alerts us to a new monograph from a doctor named Joseph Bergeron, who labors every day surrounded by people in pain, a fact that may be, but is not necessarily, connected with his choice of topic: “The crucifixion of Jesus: Review of hypothesized mechanisms […]