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Detailed view of forensic DNA crime scene kit

How New DNA Sleuthing Can Expose Dangerous Killers—and You

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Black and white illustration of sailors in an open boat in a swell

William Dampier, Revered and Reviled

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A horse trotting. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge.

The Murderer Who Made Movies Possible

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A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

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Cartoon of a pig in a courtroom

Kangaroo (and Pig and Monkey and Dog and Donkey) Courts

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Photo of woman exiting building surrounded by news cameras

Why Did Annie Dookhan Lie?

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Photo of Leo Alexander

Leo Alexander’s Unflinching Pursuit

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Woodcut of medieval printers at work

Would a Book Lie?

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Cartoon of grave robbers

The Anatomy Riot of 1788

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Tollund Man

Bodies in the Bog: The Lindow Mysteries

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Harry Gold photo illustration

Harry Gold: Spy in the Lab

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Portrait of Dorothy Sayers, progenitor of forensic-based crime fiction. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Forensic Chemistry in Golden-Age Detective Fiction: Dorothy L. Sayers and the CSI Effect

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1948 margarine advertisement

Butter-in-Law

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