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[b]Figure 1.[/b] The popular television show [i]CSI[/i] has created interest in forensic science. Image from [link = dagomirblog.blogspot.com]dagomirblog.blogspot.com[/link].

Investigating the truth behind CSI

By Adam Wise

In a scene from the popular television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, two forensic scientists carefully crawl across the floor of a dark room. Their tiny flashlights leave little pools of light on the floor as the scientists search for clues. After watching the scene, real-life forensic scientist Max Houck, declares: “They always use flashlights. I don’t know why. I always turn on the lights.”

Houck, director of the Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University, has b ...More »

Other articles in this volume:
Issue 1
Science is Not a Balancing Act Science is Not a Balancing Act
“Science Fair” – Deception and Competition in Scientific Review “Science Fair” – Deception and Competition in Scientific Review
Alternative Energy or Alternative Oil?: The Search for Unknown Reservoirs Alternative Energy or Alternative Oil?: The Search for Unknown Reservoirs
Understanding Who We Are - 30 Years Since Lucy Understanding Who We Are - 30 Years Since Lucy
Between the Sky and Sea: How the Oceans May Affect Global Warming Between the Sky and Sea: How the Oceans May Affect Global Warming

Issue 2
microRNA: A Revolution in Gene Expression microRNA: A Revolution in Gene Expression
Investigating the truth behind [i]CSI[/i] Investigating the truth behind CSI
Media Review - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Awakening the Sleeping Bones: Scientific Access and the Woman of Flores Awakening the Sleeping Bones: Scientific Access and the Woman of Flores
Does Spending More Green On Groceries Really Help the Environment? Does Spending More Green On Groceries Really Help the Environment?

Issue 3
In Search of A Quick Fix: The Controversy Behind the Ailing Chesapeake Oysters In Search of A Quick Fix: The Controversy Behind the Ailing Chesapeake Oysters
The Evolution of Gene Nomenclature: From [i]white[/i] to [i]Defb24[/i] The Evolution of Gene Nomenclature: From white to Defb24
A quest to understand the spices of life: the antimicrobial powers of spices A quest to understand the spices of life: the antimicrobial powers of spices
Restoration or Destruction: The Controversy over Wolf Reintroduction Restoration or Destruction: The Controversy over Wolf Reintroduction
Science and Storms: Predicting the Unpredictable Science and Storms: Predicting the Unpredictable
Media Review - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Media Review - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Issue 4
Heated Debate over Flame Retardants Heated Debate over Flame Retardants
The Plague: Why This Medieval Madness is Still a 21st Century Problem and How Your Cat May Play a Role The Plague: Why This Medieval Madness is Still a 21st Century Problem and How Your Cat May Play a Role
Research Experience for Undergraduates: A Summer Like No Other Research Experience for Undergraduates: A Summer Like No Other
The Future of Communications: The Next Revolution in Applications of Quantum Physics
Returning to Flight, Continuing to What? Returning to Flight, Continuing to What?

Issue 5
Study Nature, Not Books: Cockerell and the Amateur Naturalist Study Nature, Not Books: Cockerell and the Amateur Naturalist
It’s Alive! Harnessing the Powers of Tissue Engineering It’s Alive! Harnessing the Powers of Tissue Engineering
Drug Addiction – A (Forgotten) Memory? Drug Addiction – A (Forgotten) Memory?

Issue 6
An Aging Marvel – NASA’s Space Shuttle’s “Golden Years” An Aging Marvel – NASA’s Space Shuttle’s “Golden Years”

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