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• Book Review: Compulsion by Allison Brennan

  

  Compulsion by Allison BrennanPublisher: St. Martin’s PressPub Date: April 7, 2015ISBN-10: 1250035023ISBN-13: 978-1250035028384 pagesMaxine “Max” Revere is tough... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• DNA Phenotyping: Real Or Wishful Thinking?

  

  Genotype means what your DNA is like. Phenotype means what you look like. No doubt your genotype dictates much of your phenotype, but can your DNA be used to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: Forensic Science On Trial: The Honorable Donald...

  

  Join Jan Burke and me as we welcome Judge Donald Shelton to Crime and Science Radio as he discusses the CSI Effect and many other legal issues. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Do Not Miss CraftFest This Year

  

  What do Steve Berry, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, Peter James, Anne Perry, Tom Robb Smith, Charlaine Harris, Dale Brown, Greg Iles, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Andrew... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Anne Trager of Le French Book Interviews Eric Giacometti and...

  

  Anne Trager of Le French Book translates novels from French to English. Her latest offering is an excellent book titled SHADOW RITUAL. What’s it about?Ritual... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 700 Year-old Murder Solved?: Did Foxglove Do In Cangrande Della Scala?

  

  You might find Foxglove in your garden. It’s a beautiful plant with clusters of trumpet-like flowers. It’s also a deadly poison. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: Spy Vs Spy Vs Spy: An Interview with the Queen of...

  

  3-14-15: Crime and Science Radio: Spy vs Spy vs Spy: An Interview with the Queen of Espionage Gayle Lynds This Saturday, 3-14-15 at 10 a.m. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Heartbeats and Art

  

  First a little semantics: Arrhythmia actually means “without rhythm.” So the only true arrhythmia is asystole or cardiac standstill, which means the heart has n... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Assessing The Crime Scene in 3D

  

  Crime scene documentation is a critical step in criminal investigations. Knowing the spatial relationships between perpetrator, victim, and evidence items such... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: Small Town Cop; Big Time Police Chief: An Interview wit...

  

  BIO: Scott Silverii, PhD has been in law enforcement for over 22 years and since 2011 has served as chief of police in Thibodaux, LA. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Toilet Paper to the Rescue

  

  “I have a gun. Give me $300.”Here’s a bit of advice: If you plan to rob a bank or a business, say a pizza joint, don’t write your “stick up” note on toilet pape... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Can DNA Be Used To Identify Multiple Assailants In a Three Decade Old...

  

  Q: Was it possible in 1969 (or even today for that matter) to determine if a woman found dead in sub-zero temperatures was raped by more than one assailant. If... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Do Astronauts Hallucinate?

  

  It has long been known that isolation can lead to all sorts of psychological problems, including delusions and hallucinations. Prisoners in isolation, who have... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: Chasing Monsters; Running From Monsters: An Interview...

  

  Join Jan Burke and I on Crime and Science Radio Saturday morning 2-14-15 at 10 a.m. Pacific as we welcome Douglas Preston to the show for a lively discussion... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• ITW’s Online Thriller School Begins March 2, 2015

  

  Join us March 2nd through April 17th, for ITW’s Online ThrillerSchool, where the craft of thriller writing is front and center!Seven weeks! Seven bestselling... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Medicine Is Strange: Stone Man Syndrome

  

  Medicine has a lot of very strange disorders in its catalog of maladies.Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP or Stone Man Syndrome) is one of... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Spend a Day With the FBI at ThrillerFest 2015

  

  Are you going to ThrillerFest? Want to spend a day with the FBI? Lock In The Date!Join us for a Pre-Conference Workshop: Today’s FBI: Crime Essentials For... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Psychology of Storytelling

  

  We writers are first and foremost storytellers. Makes no difference what the length (short story, novella, novel) or the genre (cozy, hard-boiled, YA,... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: Watching the Detectives: Investigative Journalism and...

  

  BIO: Douglas Starr is co-director of the graduate Program in Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University.His most recent book, The Killer of Little... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Murder Solved By Clever DNA Testing of an Old Stamp

  

  DNA PROFILEHere is an amazing and convoluted story that involves good police work and clever DNA testing, including the use of old and very small samples and... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE