Ted Bundy was suspected of a string of kidnappings, rapes, and murders in the US. Police placed him in a lineup to see if an eyewitness to kidnappings in the Lake Sammamish area near Seattle would identify him. She did not ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2016
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Fiske and Rai say that—aside from a small number of psychopaths—people rarely commit violent acts with evil intentions.
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2014
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At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine, a report said.
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2013
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The recent arrest by Canadian police of two young people who allegedly shared a photo of a young woman being sexually assaulted has once again highlighted the danger that social media can pose for teenagers.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2013
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When God saw that our egos needed deflating, he invented Skype. Skype is the 21st-century invention that sci-fi movies had been predicting for decades: phonavision. Actually it's "computavision," with a tiny camera at the ...
Internet
Jul 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —What draws a mosquito to bite its host has long been studied from the perspective of the victim—uncovering which smells and chemicals lure the insect in. But researchers at Rockefeller's Laboratory of Neurogenetics ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —When judging the ethics of an action, most people believe themselves to be fair and impartial. Bad is bad, and greater offenses deserve greater punishment. However, according to research conducted at the University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A set of revolutionary new techniques that make it possible to recover invisible prints left on fabric by the sole of a person's shoe, have been developed by scientists at the University of Abertay Dundee.
Other
Nov 29, 2012
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Children ages 2-11 view an alarming amount of television shows that contain forms of social bullying or social aggression. Physical aggression in television for children is greatly documented, but this is the first in-depth ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After examining murder-suicides over a 145-year period, a Ball State research team has found the majority of such acts occur in the home and the perpetrator and victim are in an intimate relationship.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2012
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