News tagged with child witnesses
Technique Could Improve Accuracy of Child Testimony
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seven open-ended questions could make children less suggestible during interviews.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
(AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts.
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Monogamy reduces major social problems of polygamist cultures: study
In cultures that permit men to take multiple wives, the intra-sexual competition that occurs causes greater levels of crime, violence, poverty and gender inequality than in societies that institutionalize and practice monogamous ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Sea temperature changes can forecast South American wildfires, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a boy in coastal San Diego in the 1980s, Jim Randerson loved the exotic fish, birds and even tides of red crustaceans that washed ashore during storms created by temperature changes in ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2012 |
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A true bargain house: First prototype built from MIT’s effort to construct houses for $1,000 each
Home prices in many of the world’s most famous cities run to well over $1,000 per square foot. By contrast, MIT architects have produced a decidedly more affordable alternative: the first prototype from ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Research team develops face-mapping app for global smartphone searching
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rice University have developed a smartphone app that appears both clever and interesting, but may never actually be used by anyone anyway. It’s an app that when combined ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Murdoch drops bid for British Sky Broadcasting
(AP) -- In a stunning retreat, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire dropped its bid Wednesday to take over full control of British Sky Broadcasting amid a political and legal firestorm over phone hacking at one of its ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Angels and demons
No country's legal system is made with children in mind, but that has not stopped large numbers of children from becoming involved with it. Last year alone, an astonishing 50,000 children testified in UK courts ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Reforesting rural lands in China pays big dividends, researchers say
An innovative program to encourage sustainable farming in rural China has helped restore eroded forestland while producing economic gains for many farmers, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers.
May 11, 2011 |
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'Fly Man' researches pesky pests on Alcatraz
When forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey leaves the UC Davis Department of Entomology for his bimonthly trips to Alcatraz Island, it's not to sightsee.
May 02, 2011 |
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Learning to love the irrational mind
In his seven years as a New York Times op-ed columnist, David Brooks has witnessed the full range of politicians’ charms. He has seen Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney memorize the first names ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2011 |
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