DNA extracted from five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has revealed interesting—and unexpected—insights about his health and ancestry.
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For more than four decades, years after the discovery of the remains, investigators pursued several leads across the United States and Canada in hopes of uncovering her identity.
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A new true crime docuseries, “The Lesson Is Murder,” follows University of South Florida criminology Associate Professor Bryanna Fox and her five graduate students as they show the reality of how researchers analyze convicted murderers’ personality traits and motives to develop psychological profiles.
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The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans.
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In January 1996, officers responded to the Oglethorpe House Residence Hall located at the University of Georgia. They found a deceased infant in a trashcan at the basement level women's restroom.
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The findings will help scientists determine how long a young person’s remains were at a particular location, as well as which bones are best suited for collecting DNA and other tissue samples that can help identify the deceased.
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance with a cold case murder from 1984 that was recently reopened.
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On May 13, 1997, an archeologist from the University of Illinois was working a construction landfill in Rockdale, Illinois when he located a human bone.
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This summer, two forensic science faculty members from Arizona State University will travel to Paraguay to aid in the excavation of a mass grave containing victims of Operation Condor in Lambaré.
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The nation’s opioid crisis, which kills thousands of Americans annually, is best viewed as an ecosystem where all parts of the vexing problem are interconnected, underscoring the need for holistic solutions .
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