A private company was thanked by cops for helping identify a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth case. But is law enforcement’s use of public DNA databases ethical? This is the N&O’s special report.

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The technique can predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits without the need for a match with an existing sample in a database. By Oscar Schwartz MELBOURNE, Australia — When a man washed up on ...

Black residents in the Edmonton region of Alberta, Canada, are calling out the local police for the use of phenotyping, a practice where DNA is used to create digital images of unidentified suspects.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science. Beccy holds a PhD in Biological ...

The NYPD’s use of a controversial Virginia-based tech company for criminal investigations remains in effect more than a year after City Hall announced the arrangement was terminated. The ...

Everyone who's watched a police procedural knows that crime scene investigators can link the tiniest bits of organic evidence to a perpetrator though their DNA. A new technique could take DNA's ...

The Australian Federal Police recently announced plans to use DNA samples collected at crime scenes to make predictions about potential suspects. This technology, called forensic “DNA phenotyping”, ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

Scientists believe that DNA serves as a blueprint for the visible characteristics of a person’s body. And that by studying the DNA of known people, they can predict the characteristics of an unknown ...