https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Women commit far fewer sexual offenses than men, and their risk of reoffending after returning to the community is also much lower. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-recidivism-female-sex.html Social Sciences Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:30:04 EST news683548172 Canadian lawmakers on Thursday passed an amendment to the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the moon. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-canada-prosecute-crimes-moon.html Space Exploration Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:13:37 EDT news570381214 The UK's data privacy watchdog has fined British Airways more than £183 million after computer hackers last year stole bank details from hundreds of thousands of passengers, the pair said on Monday. https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ba-fined-183m-theft-passenger.html Security Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:21:54 EDT news481774909 South Australia is a crucial step closer to becoming one of few places in the world to decriminalize sex work. https://phys.org/news/2019-06-police-south-australia-fully-decriminalising.html Social Sciences Fri, 21 Jun 2019 08:03:40 EDT news480323008 Maasai farmers do not kill lions for retribution whenever they lose sheep or cattle, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-maasai-farmers-lions-livestock.html Ecology Tue, 26 Feb 2019 02:54:35 EST news470372068 Criminals have always done their best to use new technology to their advantage and the rapid development of new digital technologies and online markets has provided the criminal entrepreneur with as much opportunity for innovation as their legitimate counterpart. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-web-hidden-darknet-criminal-enterprise.html Internet Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:50:01 EDT news331546782 Internet giant Yahoo! said in a letter to users that it has received up to 13,000 requests for information from US law enforcement agencies in a six-month period ending May 31. https://phys.org/news/2013-06-yahoo-thousands.html Internet Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:44:06 EDT news290756640 The Justice Department's controversial seizure of Associated Press phone records highlights a messy but effective constitutional balancing act that ultimately benefits the country, said Rahul Sagar, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University. https://phys.org/news/2013-05-sagar-constitution-ap-seizure.html Social Sciences Mon, 27 May 2013 08:10:01 EDT news288859706 A hacker group has claimed to have obtained personal data from 12 million Apple iPhone and iPad users by breaching an FBI computer, raising concerns about government tracking, but the FBI said it never had the data. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-hacker-groups-fbi-million-apple.html Internet Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:29:26 EDT news265973316 Switzerland's top criminal court on Friday sentenced three green activists to more than three years in jail each for a foiled bomb attack on an IBM research centre near Zurich. https://phys.org/news/2011-07-swiss-court-eco-activists-guilty-ibm.html Other Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:17:29 EDT news230563030 (AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking its $7.4 billion takeover deal. https://phys.org/news/2009-05-sun-micro-broken-anti-bribery-law.html Business Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:02 EDT news161026137