All articles by Raychelle Burks
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OpinionHunting vampires with the help of DNA profiling
What was draining the life out of 18th and 19th century New Englanders?
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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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OpinionThe toxic nature of yew, the tree of the dead
Historically associated with resurrection, yew is poisonous enough to kill
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OpinionFrom the St Valentine’s Day Massacre to modern ballistics analysis
Computational methods are making firearm evidence more statistically sound
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OpinionMass spectrometry to catch Christmas tree thieves and timber traffickers
Forensic chemistry can help uncover pine pilfering and fiendish fir felling
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OpinionConfusing cannabinoids
Decomposition during GC–MS analysis can thwart efforts to determine if a product is legal
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PodcastBook club – Murder isn’t Easy by Carla Valentine
Delving into Agatha Christie’s pioneering forensic writing with special guests Raychelle Burks and Kathryn Harkup
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OpinionWhy 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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OpinionThe dead of aconite
Whether human, witch or werewolf, beware a flower known as the queen of poisons
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OpinionInsulin as a murder weapon
Forensic experts can tell if high insulin levels have a natural or criminal cause
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OpinionStable isotopic analysis identifies unknown casualties of war
Humanitarian aid provided by forensic science
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OpinionIdentifying mineralised tissue in the fight against wildlife crime
Is it horn, antler, teeth, ivory… or artificial?
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OpinionAncient antidotes
Favourites of emperors and royalty, theriacs were the universal cures of their day