Watching Breaking Bad last night ‘Heisenberg’ proposed extracting a castor bean and poisoning the crazy drug dealing ‘Tuco’. Is this real and what is the science behind it? What was the James Bond style killing they talked about? Breaking Bad is my new box set of choice, as suggested…
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What is forensic science?
Forensic science is a very broad term. It covers any aspect of science which may be of use in a court room. Forensic is term from a Roman times related to the forum, the gathering of people who also judged on criminal acts. So forensic science means to put scientific evidence…
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Lance given the key to the EPO test
Was Lance Armstrong told how to beat the EPO urine test by the Swiss laboratory director? Of all the stories to have come out of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation this is the first involving what could be impropriety from a scientist. It was alleged this week that Lance…
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In defence of the forensic science degree
I have read some negative comments in the press about forensic science degrees, whilst experiencing a large amount of positive feedback from students. So, why should you study forensic science and what are the pros and cons of it as a degree subject? As I said in my first blog, I was inspired by reading the book ‘Science and…
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New Years Resolutions from WeAreForensic
It’s that time of year. We look back over the past year and forward to the next – and make wild predictions about what the ‘New You’ will do in the New Year! I gave a broad review of 2012 in two parts. Now to look forward to 2013. …