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Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 23, 2013 New research illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story -
Honor Among (Credit Card) Thieves?
April 22, 2013 A criminologist dug into the seamy underbelly of online credit card theft and uncovered a surprisingly sophisticated network of crooks that is unique in the cybercrime ... > full story -
Mephedrone Boosts Illegal Drug Use
April 22, 2013 Experienced clubbers are more likely to add the former ‘legal high’ mephedrone to their drug repertoires rather than use it to replace popular established club drugs such as ecstasy and ... > full story -
Forensic Sciences Are 'Fraught With Error'
April 22, 2013 Researchers review various high-profile false convictions and provide an overview of classic psychological research on expectancy and observer effects and indicates in which ways forensic science ... > full story -
Engineer Working to Put More Science Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
April 18, 2013 Scientists are working to put more fluid dynamics behind the bloodstain pattern analysis used at crime scenes. They are developing instruments and methods to produce, study and analyze ... > full story -
Memory, the Adolescent Brain and Lying: The Limits of Neuroscientific Evidence in the Law
April 16, 2013 Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal whether you believe you remember some person or event in your life. In a new study, researchers used fMRI brain scans to detect whether a person recognized ... > full story -
College Admission Questions Rarely Identify Criminal Behavior
April 16, 2013 A new study shows that neither criminal background checks nor pre-admission screening questions accurately predict students likely to commit crime on college ... > full story -
Resurgence of Endangered Deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ Highlights Conservation Success
April 16, 2013 The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible ... > full story -
Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 16, 2013 In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial incentives to encourage ... > full story -
Are Human Genes Patentable?
April 12, 2013 On April 15, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that could answer the question, “Under what ... > full story
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