Your fingerprint is actually 3D − research into holograms could improve forensic fingerprint analysis

Using fingerprints to catch criminals isn’t 100% accurate, but analyzing fingerprints in 3D, rather than 2D, could improve the process.

Partha Banerjee, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton • conversation
Jan. 16, 2024 • ~8 min

The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

The potential failure of the U.S. military to protect information that can identify Afghan citizens raises questions about whether and how biometric data should be collected in war zones.

Margaret Hu, Professor of Law and of International Affairs, Penn State • conversation
Aug. 30, 2021 • ~9 min

Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics

Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton's concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.

Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University • conversation
Jan. 15, 2021 • ~9 min

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