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  People Can 'Beat' Guilt Detection Tests by Suppressing Incriminating Memories

  May 29, 2013 — Psychologists have shown that people can suppress incriminating memories and thereby avoid detection in brain activity guilt detection ... > full story
• Smoking
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  Tobacco Companies Are Not Public Health Stakeholders, Experts Conclude

  May 28, 2013 — When assessing information presented by the tobacco industry, the US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration and regulatory bodies in other countries, should be aware that they are dealing with ... > full story
• Fish
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  Thinking 'Big' May Not Be Best Approach to Saving Large-River Fish

  May 22, 2013 — Large-river specialist fishes -- from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub -- are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them ... > full story
• Human Biology
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  Collecting DNA for Human Rights: How to Help While Safeguarding Privacy

  May 15, 2013 — DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report identifies a number of key ... > full story
• Consumer Behavior
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  Psychology
   

  Advertising Product Results? Put Images Closer Together

  May 14, 2013 — Consumers believe a product is more effective when images of the product and its desired outcome are placed closer together in advertisements, according to a new ... > full story
• Justice
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  Searching for Clandestine Graves With Geophysical Tools

  May 14, 2013 — It's very hard to convict a murderer if the victim's body can't be found. And the best way to hide a body is to bury it. Developing new tools to find those clandestine graves is the goal of a small ... > full story
• Environmental Policy
  Ocean Policy
  Endangered Animals
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  Nature
   

  Agencies Should Use Common Approach to Evaluate Risks Pesticides Pose to Endangered Species

  April 30, 2013 — When determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the US Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Fish and Wildlife ... > full story
• Forensics
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  Prostate Cancer
   

  Researcher Reveals New Way to Safeguard Forensic DNA Samples Against Contamination

  April 29, 2013 — DNA evidence is invisible and remarkably easy to transfer, making it possible for a sample to be spilled or even planted on a piece of evidence. Scientists have now developed a solution that ... > full story
• Economics
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  NFL Draft Study Says Arrest Record May Not Affect Performance

  April 29, 2013 — Scientists analyzed five years of NFL draft data and discovered that the performance of NFL players who had an arrest record but no charges was better than those without an arrest and those arrested ... > full story
• Endangered Animals
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  Extinction
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  Field Reports Indicate Slaughter of Elephants

  April 25, 2013 — Biologists have received alarming reports from field operations that elephants are being slaughtered in the violence-ridden Central African Republic ... > full story

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