Raychelle Burks
Raychelle Burks is assistant professor in chemistry at St Edward's University, Austin, US
OpinionAncient 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?
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A rice kind of fingerprint powder
A new method for producing print powders goes against the grain
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The deadly domino effect
People trying to save victims of gas poisoning can suffer tragic consequences
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Beating the scopolamine clock
New techniques could increase the window to detect predatory drug poisoning
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A lunchtime killer?
The deaths of 21 people are suspected to have been caused by workplace poisoning
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The clues that let you trace a single sheet of paper
Forensic science has a new way to detect document fraud
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The great art forgery blunder
Indian yellow is a pigment often used to spot fake art. But what if the reference standard was wrong?
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Can acid dissolve a body?
Watch an experiment recreating how murderers tried to cover their tracks
