The gold standards of forensic science are losing their luster. Unchallenged for decades, the reputation of fingerprint comparison, bullet matching and like evidence seemed secure. Historical ...

CHICAGO -- In a 2004 series "Forensics Under the Microscope," the Chicago Tribune found that a number of forensic disciplines, including some used in police stations and courtrooms every day, relied ...

If you get stopped by the police in Houston, it will take them just 16 seconds to compare your fingerprints to the 2 million that are in a database of terrorists, sex offenders, criminals with ...

Researchers from New York University have found a way to produce fake fingerprints using artificial intelligence that could fool biometric scanners (or the human eye) into thinking they're the real ...