An exhibition at the National Museum of American History examines how humans influence and judge investigation techniques Arsenic tests for the Lydia Sherman trial of 1872 Brian Handwerk - Science ...

Frances Glessner Lee discovered her true calling later in life. An heiress without formal schooling, she was in her 50s when ...

This year, the museum opened “Forensic Science on Trial,” a temporary exhibition that explores how people influence the way forensic science is used in the pursuit of justice. The exhibition’s curator ...

Polygraph (cardio-pneumo-psychograph); 1921. Gift of City of Berkeley Police Department. Photo by Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...

Guilty or not guilty? When science enters the courtroom, it brings with it the people and the history that have shaped it. This exhibition explores historic cases and how people influence the way ...

New scientific tests have identified several prime suspects in the 1974 Guildford pub bombings and other IRA attacks on British soldiers during the Troubles. Advances in forensic technology mean ...

Anthropology is the scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. Forensic anthropologists are trained physical anthropologists who apply ...