Thursday, January 10, 2008

Forensic DNA Presentation

This morning I listened to a talk by Joan Bienveneuve of the Army Forensics lab. The presentation was part of a seminar held at my day job--Chemical Heritage Foundation. She spoke about identifying the remains of soldiers using DNA. With this process, unknown soldiers have been identified from as far back as the Civil War. Although most IDs are from the Viet Nam and Korean wars.

A Day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

  One of the highlights of my recent visit to England was a bicycle ride from Cambridge to the Imperial War Museum Duxford , one of the fin...