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Osama bin Laden: The Science of His End

From DNA matching to tracking technology, this report reveals how science aided in bringing down the master terrorist

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Ask the Experts: Does Bin Laden's Death Add Fuel to Conspiracy Theorists?

The al Qaeda leader's popularity was waning in Pakistan, but the nature of his death has created fodder for conspiracy theorists

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How Do You ID a Dead Osama?

It's unclear what DNA analysis has been performed, but it could have been completed in under five hours

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How Biometrics Helped to Identify the Master Terrorist

A toolkit used to identify Osama bin Laden in his hideout was probably a lot like the handheld devices used by U.S. soldiers

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A High Tech Military Deployed the Ancient Art of Stealth to Capture Their Man

The hunting down of Global Enemy No. 1 came about through the type of detective work and on-the-ground stealth military activity that might have been considered ingenious, oh, among 15th-century Ninja warriors or the ancient Sumerians

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    Osama Bin Laden's compound was apparently "off-the-grid" for secrecy. But the hole in the grid attracted the attention it sought to dispel. Steve Mirsky reports

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