Hacker News with Generative AI: Forensic Science

Extracting DNA from the air – DNA evidence of human occupancy in indoor premises (nature.com)
Humans constantly shed deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) into the surrounding environment. This DNA may either remain suspended in the air or it settles onto surfaces as indoor dust. In this study, we explored the potential use of human DNA recovered from air and dust to investigate crimes where there are no visible traces available—for example, from a recently vacated drugs factory where multiple workers had been present.
Man Convicted on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis May Be Executed Anyway (propublica.org)
Nine other prisoners have walked free after being convicted in part on inaccurate evidence presented by Michael West, the dentist, or his pathologist partner, Dr. Steven Hayne, once stars of the Mississippi forensics field.
Forensic toxicology backdates the use of coca plant in Europe to the early 1600s (sciencedirect.com)
Forensic Pseudoscience – The Unheralded Crisis of Criminal Justice (2015) (bostonreview.net)
Transferability of Microbiome on Clothes as a Tool for Forensic Investigations (phys.org)