The Royal Institution's 2022 Christmas Lectures - 'Secrets of Forensic Science' - will be broadcast on the BBC in late December. Although the specifics of the lectures are a closely guarded secret, STEM Learning have pulled together a collection of resources from the STEM Learning digital resource collection that will support themes addressed in this upcoming three lectures series presented by Professor Dame Sue Black:
- What human bones can reveal about the age, sex, diet, ancestry and medical history of a person
- Identifying a person from one fragment and identifying the individuals found in a mass grave from the bones recovered
- The use of fingerprinting and DNA testing in court cases
- How to identify living people from their veins, wrinkles and memories.
During the lectures the professor will reveal why people should not believe everything they see in TV crime dramas and highlight some stand-out cases from her remarkable career. She will explore the major advances in forensic science, some of its limitations, and what the future might hold.
Explore the resources here
Further details about the lectures can be found on the Royal Institution website.