March 16, 1978, on a street of Rome five bodyguards were gunned down and Italian prime minister Aldo Moro kidnapped. Some days later the first messages from the Brigate Rosse, a terrorist organization ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. It was the first "successful" crime of its kind in the U.S. - ...

Stuck to the bottom of your shoe is humble dirt that gives away where you’ve been and what you’ve been up to. It’s up to science to figure out it out. Nature has a fascinating profile of forensic ...

Forensic geology in the headlines -- From Sherlock Holmes to the present -- Using earth materials as evidence -- Origin and distribution of earth materials -- Artificial and commercial earth materials ...

The transfer principle behind forensic geology and the secrets held in soil. Like plants geology can be a silent witness when a crime has been committed. Forensic geology is used by police to ...

A recent publication presented mineralogical analysis of bird nests from both rural and urban areas. It was found that the birds use minerals with specific characteristics and that they get them from ...

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ORLANDO, Fla., June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UES, a national leader in geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, materials testing and inspection services, has acquired Geohazards ...

A Queen's University geologist has been helping Colombian police recover the bodies of thousands of the country’s ‘disappeared’, it emerged yesterday. Dr Alastair Ruffell from Queen’s School of ...