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Conventional Forensic Theory on Order of Bugs That Feast on Corpses Upended

September 14, 2012  |   Close-up of a blowfly Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images. When a human body calls it quits, it can take as few as 30 seconds for blowflies to begin feasting on it. For the next...

Forensic Meteorology: Harsh Weather Spurs a Growth Industry

September 14, 2011  |   A tree lies fallen among rubble near a home outside Killington, Vt., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Photo by Scott Eisen/Bloomberg via Getty Images. As Irene battered the East Coast two weeks ago, Frank Lombardo knew that only after...

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