British scientists played a major role in developing key technologies and techniques for global legal systems. These tools – such as fingerprint and DNA analysis – reveal relationships between ...

Forensic scientists both help solve crimes and aid in exonerating innocent people. They use scientific methods to analyze crime scene evidence and write reports to law enforcement explaining what that ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Immediately after death, a body emits chemicals which rapidly attract insects At the top of a long staircase in a room in a tower, far away from the throng of visitors and other scientists and ...

FLASHY TV shows, true-crime podcasts and a growing interest in cracking cold cases might have you believing that forensic science has all the answers when it comes to solving difficult crimes. But ...

The Chinese military general and philosopher Sun Tzu once famously solved a murder in a village by asking all its residents to bring out their sickles and leave them in the sun. Eventually, flies ...