Deepfakes challenge one of humanity’s most fundamental assumptions: that we can trust our own senses to distinguish reality from fiction. This AI-powered synthetic media technology exploits our deeply ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...

For James Jabbour, who has worked in law enforcement for 24 years, investigating sexual assaults, murders and robberies is all in a day's work. And when the police inspector teaches his Ex College ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A television in Baltimore Circuit Court showed a magnified picture of spent cartridge casings ...

Fibers, yarns, and even pieces of fabric found at a crime scene are examples of evidence used to solve crimes. Forensic scientists conduct tests on fibers collected from a crime scene. This article ...

When I joined the police in the 80s, most criminal investigations were solved by witness testimony or catching the offender ...

Forensic laboratories are often tasked with reconstructing the evidence when a hit-and-run accident has been reported and one of the vehicles involved has fled the scene. Residual evidence can range ...

Deepfakes—hyper-realistic synthetic media generated by AI—are no longer fringe phenomena. From fake video evidence in litigation to impersonation in financial fraud and disinformation campaigns, the ...