Hot Paint: Another ASTM Standard (E2937-13) that Needs More Work

A second standard for comparing samples of paint under review for the OSAC Registry is ASTM E2937-13, on "Infrared Spectroscopy in For...

Is "Reasonable Scientific Certainty" Unreasonable?

Next month, the National Commission on Forensic Science is expected to vote on a proposal to make three recommendations about the testimon...

Alaska Court of Appeals Deems Polygraph Evidence Admissible (or Not?)

In unrelated cases, Thomas Henry Alexander and James Griffiths were charged with sexual abuse of a minor. 1 / They each hired David Raskin ,...

Cell Phones, Brain Cancer, and Scientific Outliers Are Not the Best Reasons to Abandon Frye v. United States

Two days ago, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (the District’s highest court) heard oral argument 1 / on whether to discard the ver...

Peering into Peer Review

After the Supreme Court, in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals , listed publication in peer reviewed scientific journals as an important...

More on the Mistakes in “Forensic Science Isn’t Science”

In " Flawed Journalism on Flawed Forensics in Slate Magazine " I referred to "other inaccuracies in the article" by Mark...

Mathematics on Appeal: Hamilton’s Equations in Lapsley v. Xtek, Inc.

Better off Ted is a satiric TV series about wacky scientists and managers at the amoral high-tech company, Veridian Dynamics. In Lapsley v....