The meme-ing of life

The American Academy of Forensic Science's annual meeting is under way in Seattle, writes James Randerson. It is a truly huge get-together of everyone who is anyone in forensics - nearly 4,000 scientists from all over the world and more than 500 talks and events.

The meeting is themed around "Mass disasters: natural and man made", but there will be plenty else on offer, from drug crime and identity theft to a session titled "Is your daughter trolling for paedophiles on the internet?" and the bizarre-sounding "Tom Krauss memorial bite mark breakfast".

I'll be keeping you posted with regular updates, but first, something much more trivial. Toilet paper. Stay with me on this - there is a point, I promise.