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Forensics: Bad news regarding Covid-19 brain pathology: Accelerated cognitive damage.
Un-published as yet but a very large sample from the UK. http://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-age-brain-10-years_l_5f984790c5b6740dfba247c4
Forensics: A followup on last post. UK’s top universities urged to act on classism and accent prejudice
I forgot this related topic. A real showstopper for science diversity is cultural bias in higher education. Investigation finds widespread evidence of students being ridiculed over their backgrounds — Read on amp.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/24/uk-top-universities-urged-act-classism-accent-prejudice
Forensics: Study finds field of forensic anthropology (and forensics) lacks diversity
Anthro and forensic science lacking racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. This has much to do with STEAM failing to successfully attract, support and recruit POC and diverse cultural kids in our populations. Its all about where the money is. Careers … Continue reading
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Forensics: Why Coroners Often Blame Police Killings on a Made-Up Medical Condition
Well known issue in forensic medicine. Discussed? Not so much. Otherwise known as “excited delerium” vs “constraint asphyxiation.” Calling it a homicide is a career ender for an Coroner/ME. Its happened in MS, CA and elsewhere in the US. The … Continue reading
Forensics: A Primer on Junk Forensic Science. Must read. Scholarly content.
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Forensics: Junk arson opinions. How Jason Lively was cleared of the West Virginia fire that killed Doc Whitley
Experts say wrongful fire convictions are disturbingly common, because investigators often lack up-to-date education and advanced training. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/jason-lively-fire-innocent-west-virginia/2020/10/21/44772dba-f2b4-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
Forensics: How a glamorous crime scene pathologist broke the mould as her painstaking work illuminated some of Scotland’s most notorious murders
How glamorous crime scene pathologist broke the mould as her painstaking work illuminated some of Scotland’s most notorious murders – The Sunday Post — Read on http://www.sundaypost.com/fp/high-heels-at-a-crime-scene-that-was-who-i-was-and-that-was-how-i-was-going-to-dress-people-could-like-it-or-lump-it-but-i-was-quite-happy/amp/
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Forensics: Overzealous profanity filter bans paleontologists from talking about bones
Its about time. Those paleos are kinky. A virtual conference was thrown into confusion when the platform hosting the event came with a pre-packaged ‘naughty word’ censor — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/16/profanity-filter-bones-paleontologists-conference
Forensics meets Anthropology: Genetic correlations in the rhesus macaque dentition
My idiot bitemarker (ex)colleagues taught me that all teeth were unique and independent from each other. Whatta joke. Genetic correlations in the rhesus macaque dentition – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248420301342
Forensics: Rebellious Scientists in ME’s office raise DNA police concerns – New York Daily News
Police in NYC collect DNA from citizens, the ME runs the DNA lab. This battle is ongoing. Over 30K samples exist in their database. An anonymous group of forensic scientists in the city Medical Examiner’s office fired off an email … Continue reading
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