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  The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When A Human Was Born By Looking Into The Eyes Of The Dead

  January 29, 2008 — Using the radiocarbon dating method and special proteins in the lens of the eye, researchers can now establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was born. This provides a useful tool for ... > full story
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  Genome-Wide Study Shed Lights On Factors That Contribute To DNA Mutations

  January 28, 2008 — Scientists have conducted the first genome-wide study to compare the relative importance of factors that contribute to DNA mutations, which are implicated in cancer and over 40 neurological ... > full story
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  New Microchip For PCR Testing At Crime Scenes, Doctors' Offices

  January 21, 2008 — Researchers in Hong Kong have miniaturized technology needed to perform the versatile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -- widely used in criminal investigations, disease diagnosis, and a range of ... > full story
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  Concerns Over Potential Future Use Of DNA Of Innocents On National Database

  January 11, 2008 — The inventor of DNA fingerprinting has voiced his concerns over the ethics of a DNA database. He spoke out over the 'significant ethical and social issues' as the government launched an inquiry into ... > full story
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  Digging Up A Serial Killer's Century-Old Secrets

  January 9, 2008 — Growing up in La Porte, Ind., Andrea Simmons couldn't help hearing tales of the city's most notorious former resident, a so-called "black widow" and "Lady Bluebeard" who amassed a fortune during a ... > full story
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  Violent Shaking Pulps The Infant Brain, Forensic Researchers Find

  January 7, 2008 — Each year in the United States, one thousand infants die after being shaken. An equal number of cases result in brain damage. Many people who are guilty of this type of abuse go free due to a lack of ... > full story
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  New Technology Protects Internet Advertisers From Click Fraud

  January 7, 2008 — New technology that protects Internet advertisers from "click fraud" -- falsely driving up hits to ads on Web pages. The extra clicks drive up costs for pay-per-click ... > full story
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  New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

  January 1, 2008 — "Ritual punishment using barbed death spears was witnessed at European contact in the Sydney region," one of the researchers said. "The Narrabeen man provides early archaeological evidence for ritual ... > full story
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  Dads Break Bones Of Children More Often Than Moms

  December 5, 2007 — Dads break or fracture the bones of their children far more often than moms, and they tend to inflict their abusive rage on infants younger than five months old, according to a study in Child Abuse ... > full story
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  Simple Test Improves Accuracy Of Polygraph Results

  November 28, 2007 — In order to prevent false positive results in polygraph examinations, testing is set to err on the side of caution. This protects the innocent, but increases the chances that a guilty suspect will go ... > full story

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