Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in January 1967 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “In the past few years both the methods of ‘lie detection’ and the polygraph itself have been subjected to increasing scrutiny. Although the polygraph was developed as an aid in police work, enterprising practitioners have long since discovered new applications for the […]
Share this on WhatsApp In late May, a Dutch court brought new hope to addressing climate change by ruling that Royal Dutch Shell must cut carbon emissions from both its operations and the oil and gas products the company sells. Never before has a fossil fuel company been ordered to reduce its heat-trapping emissions to […]
Share this on WhatsApp The first two dogs reported to have coronavirus probably caught the infection from their owners, say researchers who studied the animals and members of the infected households in Hong Kong. An analysis of viral genetic sequences from the dogs showed them to be identical to those in the infected people. Researchers […]
