https://www.pitara.com/tags/forensics/Recent content in Forensics on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/can-two-people-have-identical-fingerprints/Mon, 06 May 2002 00:19:49 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/can-two-people-have-identical-fingerprints/<p>I was once watching a detective serial on T.V. where the fingerprints of the suspect are required. The hero invites the villain to his home and offers him a glass of water. The bad guy takes the glass and drinks the water from it. After he leaves the hero dramatically whips out a handkerchief and picks up the glass. His expressions showed that satisfaction at a job well done.</p> <p>At that time, I found it amazing – how can smudges on a glass identify people? How can my hand be different from yours – apart from the size that is? It was only after my dad explained me the reason that the mystery behind that highly dramatic scene became clear.</p>