Every patch of earth has a signature and a secret. The signature is its individual combination of geological influences and organic material that create distinct color profiles. The secret is what ...

Researchers wearing protective clothing and gloves use an electronic nose. Forensic analytical chemist Maiken Ueland (left) and PhD candidate Bridget Thurn use an electronic nose to detect volatiles ...

Mass graves are being discovered in Syria, testament to the horrors committed under the now ousted leader Bashar al Assad. The story of one man forced to help dig some of those graves. The horrors ...

DHUMAIR, Syria — The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour ...

There was no mistaking the reek of death that rose along the Syrian desert highway four nights a week for nearly two years. It was the smell of thousands of bodies being trucked from one mass grave to ...

DHUMAIR, Syria -The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away ...