Science Why forensic science is failing us — and why tonight's NOVA documentary doesn't quite cut it Maggie Koerth
crime "Leave phony overcoat button at scene" — Read this 1950s burglar's notebook of advice Mark Frauenfelder
corpses A dead man's body was dissected in an "Oddities and Curiosities" show to a paying audience without consent Carla Sinclair
location privacy How one guy's exercise routine made him a burglary suspect, thanks to Google's Geofence Warrants Thom Dunn
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
futility closet Frances Glessner Lee created miniature death scenes to train investigators in the 1940s Futility Closet
corruption Merciless reporting on the Chicago Police Department's extortion racket, & the senior officials who covered it up Cory Doctorow
picks #FalconHeights: Philando Castile shot dead by police on camera "for no reason at all" Xeni Jardin
war Research files on El Salvador stolen from human rights group suing CIA over El Salvador Xeni Jardin
corruption UK police watchdog: burglary and car crime "on verge of being decriminalised" Cory Doctorow