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Once upon a time, plastic surgery allowed a few notorious criminals to evade the law. But today, sophisticated facial-recognition technology has turned dreams of anonymity to dust.

Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.

We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.

‘Forensics: The anatomy of crime’ is free and runs from 26 February to 21 June 2015 at Wellcome Collection.

The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.

For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.