Once thought to be infallible, the use of unvalidated or improper forensic sciences was a contributing factor in 47 percent of the first 325 DNA exonerations across the country, see The Innocence ...

In 1994, Kevin Keith was sentenced to death in Ohio for a triple homicide, as recounted in Kim Kardashian’s new podcast The System. Keith was scheduled to be executed in September 2010, but just ...

There is a distinction that one learns about on the first day of a course in psychological research methods. It is the difference between internal and external validity. Internal validity is ...

There is a distinction that one learns about on the first day of a course in psychological research methods. It is the difference between internal and external validity. Internal validity is ...

There is no question that Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience. What is up for debate is whether it ...

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