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  Harsh Punishment Backfires: Psychologists Offer Ways To Improve Prison Environment, Reduce Violent Crime

  August 10, 2009 — U.S. prisons are too punitive, and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent ... > full story
• Brain Tumor
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  Brain Difference In Psychopaths Identified

  August 4, 2009 — Scientists have found differences in the brain which may provide a biological explanation for ... > full story
• Health Policy
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  International Marine Project Helps Protect Some Of The World's Rarest And Most Fragile Coral Reefs

  August 4, 2009 — Some of the world's rarest and most fragile coral reefs and the economies that depend on them will be better protected thanks to a major international marine project led by the University of ... > full story
• Endangered Animals
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  2007 Legal Opinion Of Endangered Species Act Is A Threat To Imperiled Species, Experts Say

  August 3, 2009 — If the federal government implements a 2007 legal interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, the likely result will be a reduction in the number of species listed for protection, scientists say. ... > full story
• Biometric
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  BioVault Locks Up Biometrics

  July 31, 2009 — A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South ... > full story
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  US Guns Fuel Canada And Mexico Crimes, UK Gun Crime Remains Rare

  July 29, 2009 — Guns smuggled from the US arm criminals in Canada and Mexico, contributing to a higher murder rate in Canada and more intense drug crime conflict near the Mexican border, according to a ... > full story
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  Myth, Reality And Gun Crime

  July 29, 2009 — The assumption that gangs are at the root of gun crime in the UK is overstated, according to a new ... > full story
• Endangered Animals
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  Poaching Crisis As Rhino Horn Demand Booms In Asia

  July 26, 2009 — Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new ... > full story
• Nature
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  Red List Evaluating Conservation Of Species May Incorrectly Evaluate Island Species' Status

  July 24, 2009 — The criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List are an essential tool for evaluating the conservation status of species around the planet, and according to ... > full story
• Bacteria
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  New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily And Reliably

  July 20, 2009 — Scientists have developed a new technique to detect extremely low concentrations of the typhus-inducing Salmonella typhi by using a biosensor, which is based on electrochemical measurements by means ... > full story

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