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Situated within the McCormick School of Engineering and driven by the CS+X initiative, the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University prepares students to perform impactful and ...

Two books chart the growth of forensic science from its birth to modern times, finds Laura Spinney. Here are two books that span an era. Douglas Starr's The Killer of Little Shepherds describes the ...

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It’s been decades since the intersection of forensic science ...