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Tag: Forensic Science

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Parents Who Never Stopped Searching Reunite With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago

July 14, 2021Vivian Wang and Joy DongComments Off on Parents Who Never Stopped Searching Reunite With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago

Guo Gangtang’s cross-country, decades-long search for his son inspired a movie. Now, there’s an ending fit for Hollywood.

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China Still Buys American DNA Equipment for Xinjiang Despite Blocks

June 11, 2021SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on China Still Buys American DNA Equipment for Xinjiang Despite Blocks

The U.S. government has long tried to prevent the sales over concerns about rights abuses and surveillance. Documents show those efforts have failed.

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DNA Could Identify Somerton Man Exhumed in Australia

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021ALAN YUHASComments Off on DNA Could Identify Somerton Man Exhumed in Australia

This week the police disinterred a body, found on a beach in 1948, that has puzzled investigators for decades. “There’s lots of twists and turns in this case, and every turn is pretty weird,” one said.

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China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment

June 17, 2020SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment

Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing’s growing surveillance capabilities, raising questions about abuse and privacy.

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How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked

January 22, 2020Sheera FrenkelComments Off on How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked

It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos’ photos and texts.

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China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019Sui-Lee Wee and Paul MozurComments Off on China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West

Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.

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Man Confesses to Brutal Killings That Terrorized South Korea, Police Say

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Man Confesses to Brutal Killings That Terrorized South Korea, Police Say

A 56-year-old man has confessed to raping and murdering 14 women more than two decades ago, the police said in naming the suspect.

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China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise

February 21, 2019SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise

The Chinese authorities turned to a Massachusetts company and a prominent Yale researcher as they built an enormous system of surveillance and control.

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Times Insider: How Times Reporters Froze a Fatal Moment on a Protest Field in Gaza

December 30, 2018MALACHY BROWNEComments Off on Times Insider: How Times Reporters Froze a Fatal Moment on a Protest Field in Gaza

A volunteer medic was killed by Israeli gunfire on June 1. Times reporters combined a forensic visual investigation with on-the-ground reporting to reconstruct what happened and tell her story.

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