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The Next Generation Identification system is an upgrade from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System used today

September 17, 2014

New Research

The Average Prisoner Only Gets Two Visits While They Are Incarcerated

Prisoners who receive the most visitors, however, tend to do the best after they are released

September 15, 2014

An author and a scientist claim to have proven the identity of the notorious 19th century killer, but others say the evidence is lacking

September 8, 2014

New Research

Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence

The CDC’s latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever

September 5, 2014

New Research

Computer Scientists Hack Michigan Traffic Lights To Show Glaring Security Flaws

Three major weaknesses make traffic lights used in almost all U.S. states prone to attacks

August 20, 2014

Changila, a male elephant who was later killed by poachers near Samburu National Reserve in Kenya.

New Research

Surprise! Science Shows That Elephant Poaching Is Unsustainable

For the first time, scientists have made a comprehensive tally of illegal killing rates across Africa

August 18, 2014

Cool Finds

Why Everyone From Conservationists to Yao Ming to Andrew Cuomo Supports Banning Ivory Sales

Because of corruption and laundering, any system of legal ivory trade threatens the continued existence of elephants

August 14, 2014

A man looks at skulls and bones of more than 8,000 victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2014.

The genocidal Khmer Rouge revolution took place from 1975 to 1979

August 7, 2014

A humanitarian crisis is underway in Sinjar, Iraq, and the surrounding towns.

Delivering help by land or air is impossible, humanitarian aid experts say

August 6, 2014

A tiger skin openly for sale at Mong La.

Cool Finds

This Market Along the Burma-China Border Is a Veritable Noah’s Ark of Critically Endangered Animals

Photographer Alex Hofford exposed the extent of the wildlife trade openly taking place at this infamous market

July 25, 2014

The execution of Arizona inmate Joseph Wood took nearly two hours

July 24, 2014

Scientific fieldwork can be exciting, but can also create an environment where sexual harassment occurs a new study finds

New Research

64% Of Surveyed Scientists Have Experienced Harassment During Fieldwork

Female trainees are particularly vulnerable

July 21, 2014

Washington, D.C.

Anthrax Letters, Now on View, Represent the Serious Threats Faced by the Post Office

The National Postal Museum’s “Behind the Badge” exhibit explores the history and legacy of the United States Postal Inspection Service

July 16, 2014

Tiger skins confiscated in Yunnan, China.

Cool Finds

China Finally Came Clean About Its Shady Tiger Skin Trade

Whether or not this will improve the situation for tigers, however, remains to be seen

July 15, 2014

Cool Finds

Pope Calls Out Italy’s Most Powerful Mob, Which You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

The ‘Ndrangheta reportedly made more money than McDonalds last year, but you’ve probably never heard of them

June 24, 2014

Cool Finds

“WildLeaks” Is Like WikiLeaks for Poaching—And It’s Working to Stop Wildlife Crime

The site has received more than twenty tips so far, including about elephant and tiger poachings

June 16, 2014

Something’s rotten in Cleveland

May 14, 2014

Protesters in front of the Nigerian Embassy in London.

If let go, they have a good chance of being able to recover emotionally

May 12, 2014

Bullying can seriously harm kids, for years. But should it really be punished by law?

May 8, 2014

Lethal injection has a surprisingly high failure rate

April 30, 2014