Summary: <p><span class="caps">ENCORE</span> The tools of forensics have moved way beyond fingerprint kits. These days, a prosecutor is as likely to wave a fMRI brain scan as a smoking gun as “Exhibit A.” Discover what happens when neuroscience has its day in court. </p> <p>Meanwhile, research into the gold standard of identification, <span class="caps">DNA</span>, marches on. One day we may determine a suspect’s eye color from a drop of blood. </p> <p>Plus, why much of forensic science – from fingerprinting to the polygraph – is more like reading tea leaves than science. And will future crime victims be robots? </p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://law.vanderbilt.edu/jones">Owen Jones</a></strong> – Professor of law, Professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.erasmusmc.nl/MScMM/faculty/CVs/kayser_cv?lang=en">Manfred Kayser</a></strong> – Forensic molecular biologist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.futurecrimes.com/about/mg/">Marc Goodman</a></strong> – Founder, <a href="http://www.futurecrimes.com/">The Future Crimes Institute </a> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty-administration/faculty/faigman/index.html">David Faigman</a></strong> – Law professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-quien-lo-hizo-quien-lo-hara/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p> <p>First aired September 19, 2011</p>
