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Female Terrorists' Bios Belie Stereotypes, Study Finds
May 15, 2012 Much like their male counterparts, female terrorists are likely to be educated, employed and native residents of the country where they commit a terrorist act, according to new ... > full story -
Chicago Police Cameras More Effective When Clustered
May 14, 2012 Chicago's network of police cameras is more effective at reducing crime in high-crime areas than in low-crime areas, according to a new ... > full story -
Forensic Scientist Tracks the Crime Scene Invaders
May 11, 2012 Marks on a dead body could indicate violence and therefore murder. But they might have been made by legions of insects. A forensic scientist has built up data that will be a big aid to detectives ... > full story -
Iceman Mummy: 5,000-Year-Old Red Blood Cells Discovered -- Oldest Blood Known to Modern Science
May 2, 2012 His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to reconstruct his very last meal. The circumstances of his violent death appear to have been explained. However, ... > full story -
DNA Fingerprinting Enters 21st Century
April 27, 2012 Researchers have created a three-step algorithm, lobSTR, that in one day accurately and simultaneously profiles more than 100,000 short tandem repeats in one human genome sequence -- a feat that ... > full story -
Victims of Online Dating Scams Feel Doubly Traumatized
April 18, 2012 Online dating scammers groom their victims by developing 'hyper-personal' relationships which can leave victims feeling doubly ... > full story -
Crime and Punishment: Neurobiological Roots of Modern Justice
April 18, 2012 Neuroscientists have proposed the first neurobiological model for third-party punishment. It outlines a collection of potential cognitive and brain processes that evolutionary pressures could have ... > full story -
Paedophiles' Online Chats Become Sexualized Within Two Minutes, Study Shows
April 17, 2012 Online paedophiles are abandoning the traditional grooming process and moving to highly sexualised conversations with children in chat rooms within two minutes, according to new ... > full story -
Deep Sequencing Reveals Potentially Toxic, Trade-Restricted Ingredients in Some Traditional Chinese Medicines
April 12, 2012 Researchers have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially toxic ... > full story -
Significant Skull Differences Between Closely Linked Groups
April 12, 2012 In order to accurately identify skulls as male or female, forensic anthropologists need to have a good understanding of how the characteristics of male and female skulls differ between populations. A ... > full story
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