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Toddlers insensitive to fear go on to commit crimes

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Toddlers insensitive to fear go on to commit crimes

Adult criminals tend to be fearless, but whether this quality emerges before or after their crimes wasn't clear until now

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Technology

Mobile botnets show their disruptive potential

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Cocaine and pepper spray – a lethal mix?

Health

Cocaine and pepper spray – a lethal mix?

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Technology

Evidence recovered from dirty DNA samples

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Life

Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut

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Animated ink-blot images keep unwanted bots at bay

Technology

Animated ink-blot images keep unwanted bots at bay

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Humans are an acquired taste for lions

Life

Humans are an acquired taste for lions

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Life

Chemical tag to identify black-market caviar

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To protect your privacy, hand over your data

Technology

To protect your privacy, hand over your data

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The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out?

Technology

The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out?

Navigator, accountant and secretary in one, it knows more about you than you think – and will spill its secrets to anyone who has ways of making it talk

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Life

Psychopaths are distracted, not cold-blooded

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Life

CSI: Doodle – lie detection through art

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Virtual world disputes heading for real courtrooms

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Technology

Computer detects abuse before doctors

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