06 Feb 2010  | 08:15 AM

"IN HIS ORIGINAL TRIAL, SKINNER WAS REPRESENTED BY A FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY PROSECUTED HIM FOR THEFT AND ASSAULT. HE WAS CONVICTED PRIMARILY ON THE BASIS OF TESTIMONY FROM HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, WHICH SHE RECANTED IN 1997, AND ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. SKINNER HAS VIGOROUSLY MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. TO DATE, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS REFUSED TO TEST OR RELEASE ALL OF THE DNA EVIDENCE THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM THE CRIME SCENE, INCLUDING CRUCIAL PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT COULD POSSIBLY EXONERATE SKINNER."TEXAS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH ...

20 Aug 2009  | 00:00 AM

Brainz.org has compiled a list of what they believe to be the 10 most revealing experiments in psychology. In my opinion, the list appears to ignore many of the "classic" experiments from the history of psychology. Feel free to include your thoughts in the comments section below.Perhaps, after studying the history of psychology, students could develop their own "Top Ten" list and compare it to the Brainz.com list. At the end of the year, after learning in detail about the many famous studies, students could again develop a "Top Ten" list and see how their opinions have changed since the ...

19 Jan 2010  | 02:07 AM

Ever listen to someone speaking and realize that something about that person just did not ring true? Something about the way he carried himself conflicted with his words. Maybe, it was his inability to look you in the eye. Perhaps, his hands distracted you. Or maybe it was the facial expressions that just did not

05 Feb 2010  | 11 PM

NASA launch managers this morning cleared space shuttle Endeavour to lift off before dawn Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of the five remaining flights before the shuttle program concludes this year or early next. The planned launch comes less than a week after the future of human spaceflight in the U.S. was shaken by President Obama, whose budget request for fiscal year 2011, released Monday, would cancel Constellation , the planned successor to the shuttle. [More] ...

06 Feb 2010  | 00:00 AM

NEW YORK--Almost a year since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which earmarked some $19 billion to get electronic health records off the ground, most of the country's medical and research institutions are still primarily pushing paper. [More] ...

03 Feb 2010  | 12:16 AM

Source: New Scientist - Latest HeadlinesIn Hollywood westerns, the bad guy always draws first, but gets shot. Niels Bohr had a theory to explain why, and it's now been ...

20 Sep 2009  | 03:24 AM

“A man does not work only for the sake of producing, but to set a value on his time. We feel more satisfied with ourselves and with our day if we have stirred up our minds and made a good start, or have finished a piece of work.” --Eugene Delacroix * Good stuff at Work Happy Now! * I send out short monthly newsletters that highlight the best of the previous month’s posts to about 27,000 subscribers. If you’d like to sign up, click here or email me at grubin, then the “at” sign, then gretchenrubin dot com. (sorry about that weird format – trying to to thwart spammers.) Just write ...

03 Feb 2010  | 1 PM

"THE STUDY ALSO COULD LESSON THE GUILT FELT BY PARENTS AND DEFLECT THE SUSPICION OFTEN AIMED AT THEM, SAYS DR. ERNEST CUTZ, A PATHOLOGIST AT TORONTO'S HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. "THESE KINDS OF STUDIES REINFORCE THE NOTION THAT SIDS IS ACTUALLY A DISORDER OR A DISEASE, NOT AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH. SOMETIMES THEY THINK THESE ARE HOMICIDES," HE SAYS. A 22-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MOTHER LOST CUSTODY OF HER UNBORN BABY TO THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY AFTER NOW-DISGRACED TORONTO PATHOLOGIST DR. CHARLES SMITH CONCLUDED THE EARLIER DEATH OF AN INFANT SON, BELIEVED TO BE SIDS, WAS NOT ACCIDENTAL."HEALTH REPORTER ...

04 Feb 2010  | 08:15 AM

"IN HOUSTON, WE'RE NOW PAYING A HIGH COST FOR TRYING TOO HARD TO SAVE MONEY ON FORENSICS: SO FAR, CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED MORE THAN $7 MILLION FOR CONTRACTORS TO ATTACK OUR VARIOUS BACKLOGS. BUT WORSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SLOW, OFTEN SHODDY LAB WORK HAS MADE US ALL LESS SAFE. DANGEROUS GUNS — AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHOOT THEM — STAY ON THE STREET. RAPISTS AREN'T APPREHENDED. AND THE INNOCENT CAN LANGUISH, STUCK IN OUR OVERCROWDED JAILS."EDITORIAL: THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE;(WIKIPEDIA NOTES THAT THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE IS THE LARGEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ...

11 Aug 2009  | 02:23 AM

photo credit: victoriapeckham I have a confession to make. But before I reveal my secret in full, which will surely prompt you to click away from this article altogether, I’ll give a snippet of my revelation meant only as a way to entice you to keep reading (I admit). Reality TV (stay with me) is a psychotherapists DREAM. Riveted by the personalities that are thrown together for the sake of a good storyline, I turn into “analyze” mode instantaneously. Think “evangelical mom meets pagan dad” in Wife Swap. Or, “bachelor seeks wife in 8 weeks by eliminating 25 bachelorettes one by ...