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Two Items about crime scenes and false evidence.

1. _Nature_, a PBS program is presenting “Crime Scene Creatures” during May in the Northeast viewing area. It airs Sunday, 5/7 at 8 PM on Channel 2 and repeats on Saturday, 5/13 at 11 AM. The program uses actual and hypothetical crimes to show how insects, plants and other animals are used to determine when […]

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Hi, all. I’m Lois Kenick, a retired high school physics and chemistry teacher. My principal reason for joining this blog is to explore the role of physics in such areas of forensics as accident reconstruction, battle scene reconstructions, arson investigations and others. Physics gives us a unique platform from which to view things - for […]

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