Raychelle Burks
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OpinionCatalysing the clean-up of methamphetamine
Closing a meth lab is just the first step towards making it safe
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The toxic nature of yew, the tree of the dead
Historically associated with resurrection, yew is poisonous enough to kill
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From the St Valentine’s Day Massacre to modern ballistics analysis
Computational methods are making firearm evidence more statistically sound
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Mass spectrometry to catch Christmas tree thieves and timber traffickers
Forensic chemistry can help uncover pine pilfering and fiendish fir felling
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Confusing cannabinoids
Decomposition during GC–MS analysis can thwart efforts to determine if a product is legal
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Why eating a sleigh’s worth of candy canes is a bad idea
Like any compound, the festive flavour of peppermint can be harmful in high doses
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The dead of aconite
Whether human, witch or werewolf, beware a flower known as the queen of poisons
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Insulin as a murder weapon
Forensic experts can tell if high insulin levels have a natural or criminal cause
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Stable isotopic analysis identifies unknown casualties of war
Humanitarian aid provided by forensic science
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Identifying mineralised tissue in the fight against wildlife crime
Is it horn, antler, teeth, ivory… or artificial?
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Ancient antidotes
Favourites of emperors and royalty, theriacs were the universal cures of their day
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Poisons leave no mushroom for error
Will you enjoy a delicious treat, or endure excruciating agony?
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The non-romantic history of Valentine’s Meat Juice
If ‘meat juice’ be the food of love, the appetite may sicken, and so die
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How to break up a Christmas party
Did a thrown glass shard fell a festive partygoer, or was he stabbed?
