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The buzz of the chase

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London are helping to perfect a technique used to catch serial killers, by testing it on bumblebees.





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New research is first to explore regional differences in US serial killings

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 25, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast? The February issue of Homicide Studies, published by SAGE, ...


Where serial killers are likely to strike

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created Jan 31, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New research from two United States universities and Massey University is the first to throw light on regional differences in serial killing.


Serial cohabiters less likely than others to marry

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created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family found that serial cohabiters are less likely than single-instance cohabiting unions to result in marriage. Similarly if serial cohabiters marry, divorce rates are very high. ...


Serial killers may kill more victims than we think

Serial killers may kill more victims than we think

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created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Serial killers might be responsible for up to 10 times as many U.S. deaths as previously estimated, according to an analysis by a criminologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.


Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter (AP)

Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.


New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according to a study performed at the Hospital Universitario ...


Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB

Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 2

Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB ...


Toshiba Launches New 1.8-inch HDD with Serial ATA Interface

Toshiba Launches New 1.8-inch HDD with Serial ATA Interface

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corp. today announced new 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD) that integrate a performance enhancing serial ATA interface: the MK1216GSG offers a storage capacity of 120GB, while the MK8016GSG has a capacity ...


Psychologists reveal the un, deux, trois of learning a second language

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parlez-vous français? If you were quick at learning foreign languages at school, it could be because your brain has an enhanced ability to remember sequences.


Digitization work is making it possible to read Charles Dickens as his earliest fans did

Technology / Other

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Charles Dickens is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists of all time, and his books continue to be enjoyed by millions of readers today, nearly 140 years after his death. But few modern readers get to experience ...



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